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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis cites that when men in a certain neighborhood spend their time working while the women may have pursued literary or artistic interests, how are the women likely to label the men?
(a) Unsophisticated.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Narcissistic.
(d) Backwards.

2. Lewis turns to which of the following professions to illustrate a refusal of releasing the notion of being needed?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Veterinary.
(d) Dental.

3. According to Lewis, which of the following methods is used to attempt to bring those falling into bad habits back into the fold?
(a) Reverse psychology.
(b) VIctorian appeal.
(c) Evaluation.
(d) Immersion.

4. According to Lewis, which of the following is a major factor contributing to the lessening of differences between men and women?
(a) Equality in the workplace.
(b) Necessity.
(c) Diversity training.
(d) Communications technology.

5. Which of the following is the name of the individual whom Lewis uses in his illustrative story about refusing to release the notion of being needed?
(a) Dr. Keaton.
(b) Dr. Quartz.
(c) Dr. McGrew.
(d) Dr. Colinot.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, what element precludes crossing the lines of gender in relation to friendship?

2. Which of the following do we tend to hold onto with respect to affection, according to Lewis?

3. According to Lewis, most people regard friendship as being which of the following in relation to all the kinds of love?

4. According to Lewis, which is the least natural of the loves that he focuses on in his book?

5. Which of the following labels does Lewis caution against correlating with friendship prior to evaluating the friendship first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it that the author listed that Mrs. Fidget did for her family?

2. How does the author support his contention that there is advantage to numbers beyond two when applied to friendship?

3. How does the author, in the Eros part of his book, place the act of eating at the same level of importance as the physical part of love?

4. Describe the example that the author mentions in the friendship section of his book that can actually be labeled as "the opposite of friendship."

5. What were some of the activities that author Lewis noted as having taken place in the Fidget household after Mrs. Fidget died?

6. How does the author, in the Eros section of his book, explain that love is more than just physical?

7. Describe some of the profound observations that the author makes about the real value of friendship.

8. What are some of the exclusion elements relevant to friendship that the author points out?

9. What is a process that the author mentions that evokes affection in return?

10. What does the author write in relation to a form of stereotype labeling that tends to follow friends of the same sex?

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