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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. What is the sole condition under which affection produces happiness according to Lewis?
(a) "If there is a bond."
(b) "If affection is generated equally from the parties involved."
(c) "If there is common sense."
(d) "If theire is mutual respect between the parties involved."

2. Which of the following labels does Lewis use in referring to the human body?
(a) "Vehicle of Creation."
(b) "Vehicle of the Blessed Sacrament."
(c) "Vehicle of Embodiment"
(d) "Vehicle of Life."

3. Lewis equates meeting around the dinner table for conversation as which of the following?
(a) A time to eat the lightest meal of the day.
(b) A social opportunity.
(c) A time for reflection on the day's events.
(d) An opportunity to plan the following day.

4. 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. McGrew.
(b) Dr. Quartz.
(c) Dr. Colinot.
(d) Dr. Keaton.

5. Lewis cites that friendship expects which of the following in return for help?
(a) Hourly pay.
(b) Reciprocal assistance.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Nothing in return.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following, according to Lewis, lend support to the belief that Eros is a higher type of love?

2. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as a factor that may have affected your choice in friends?

3. Lewis suggests that anyone who deems spending time with animals to be a relief should examine which of the following?

4. Lewis cites that when men in a certain neighborhood have been well-educated and become white-collar professionals, why might they view women as being child-like?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the "battle of the sexes" that the author writes about in the friendship section of his book.

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

3. How does the author describe the general misconception that people maintain about friendship?

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

5. Although he introduces Eros as the state of being in love, in the Eros section of his book, the author personifies Eros. Describe the author's characterization of Eros.

6. What are the underlying traits of jealousy that author C.S. Lewis points out?

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

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

9. What does the author note in relation to pitfalls associated with animals?

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

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