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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. Lewis points out friendships that exist between friends of the same sex, which can be deemed as which of the following?
2. According to Lewis, most friendships exist between men and men and women and women due to which of the following?
3. Lewis states that which of the following must be applied to Eros?
4. According to Lewis, what is likely to happen if a woman deprives her husband or significant other from friendships with others?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the pitfalls associated with the physical part of being in love, according to the author?
2. What are some of the exclusion elements relevant to friendship that the author points out?
3. 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?
4. 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.
5. What are the underlying traits of jealousy that author C.S. Lewis points out?
6. What does the author note in relation to pitfalls associated with animals?
7. What is a process that the author mentions that evokes affection in return?
8. Describe some of the profound observations that the author makes about the real value of friendship.
9. 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?
10. What were some of the activities that author Lewis noted as having taken place in the Fidget household after Mrs. Fidget died?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout his book, C.S. Lewis gives the reader advice on various issues, such as not allowing love to consume you. Write an essay stating what you are able to remember about the dangers that Lewis describes in relation to allowing it to consume you, and state whether you agree or disagree that Lewis' warnings are applicable to your choice of love type (i.e. affection, friendship, etc.).
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
Author C.S. Lewis describes love all along its spectrum, starting with its lowest form ("like") to its highest form ("charity"). Write an essay about the type of love that Lewis described that made the best impression on you. Elaborate on a particular detail(s) that the author provided that you did not know about the love that you have chosen to focus upon.
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