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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 points out that it is satisfying to know that your lover can be friends with which of the following?
(a) Your parents.
(b) Your family members.
(c) Your friends.
(d) Your former spouse.

2. What does Lewis mention must occur between a man and a woman for friendship to take place?
(a) If they have both been professionally counseled in the area of differentiation between friendship and love.
(b) If either one of them is dating or married to the other's best friend.
(c) If the differences between them are recognized and acknowledged.
(d) If they do not have a romantic interest in each other.

3. Which of the following labels does Lewis caution against correlating with friendship prior to evaluating the friendship first?
(a) Fateful.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Sincere.
(d) Everlasting.

4. Lewis asserts that all people need which of the following?
(a) To feel that they are needed.
(b) To feel that they are accepted.
(c) To feel that they are loved.
(d) To feel that they are trusted.

5. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as a factor that may have affected your choice in friends?
(a) Choice of university.
(b) Geographic location.
(c) Religion.
(d) Birth year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis cites that friendship expects which of the following in return for help?

2. Lewis makes it a point to label which of the following as a serious topic?

3. Who were our ancestors married to, according to Lewis?

4. Lewis asserts that which of the following loves may or may not occur when friendship exists between a man and a woman?

5. Eros, according to Lewis, has the capability of turning love into which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the pitfalls associated with the physical part of being in love, according to the author?

3. In the Eros section of his book, the author provides an illustration about the instrumental role that Eros plays in a person's state of being in love. How is it illustrated, and how can it be interpreted?

4. Describe the actual tasks that the author lists in connection with what Mrs. Fidget did for her family.

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 describe the general misconception that people maintain about friendship?

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

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

9. The author basically implies that despite promising to do so, human beings are not capable of establishing everlasting love, and provides support for his assertion. How does he accomplish that?

10. Describe the observations that the author makes in relation to the workplace playing an instrumental role in the formation of friendships between men and women.

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