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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Lewis, which of the following is a major factor contributing to the lessening of differences between men and women?
2. Lewis makes it a point to label which of the following as a serious topic?
3. Lewis represents Venus to be exactly which of the following?
4. Lewis states that "a person who spends time spoiling a dog" doesn't have time to do which of the following?
5. Lewis asserts that the underlying reason for an individual tending to every need that is perceived in relation to their object of affection is which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author observe about the necessity of friendship?
2. What are the underlying traits of jealousy that author C.S. Lewis points out?
3. What is a process that the author mentions that evokes affection in return?
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. 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.
7. Describe the "battle of the sexes" that the author writes about in the friendship section of his book.
8. What are some of the pitfalls associated with the physical part of being in love, according to the author?
9. Describe the actual tasks that the author lists in connection with what Mrs. Fidget did for her family.
10. How does the author provide insight to how a man is able to retain his choice of friends despite attempts to eliminate them from his presence that may be made by the woman in his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Even love of home, family, and country have, in a way, been discouraged by Lewis. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? Write an essay focusing on the potentially harmful aspects of patriotism that Lewis writes about. Do you agree, as he suggests, that your level of patriotism should be maintained at a healthy level? Would you rather raise it to a much higher level? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Lewis suggests that we not rely on nature to justify the existence of God. Do you agree or disagree? Write an essay focusing on that aspect of the book. Lewis suggests that we should not make anything of nature. He suggests that we take it for what it is--but he does emphasize that one way that it should not be used (or misused) is to use it in place of religion, and rely on it to justify the existence of God.
Essay Topic 3
The question regarding whether men and women can be friends comes up during the course of Lewis' explanation of the love type known as friendship. It is a complicated web that Lewis spins as he attempts to establish whether men and women can be friends. Unravel that web that Lewis has spun, and write an essay explaining your understanding of what the author attempts to convey and conclude about the possibility of friendships blooming and lasting between women and men.
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