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

2. A person's affection for animals, Lewis asserts, tends to drain which of the following?

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

4. 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?

5. According to Lewis, most friendships exist between men and men and women and women due to which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about the possibility of men and women forming and maintaining friendships?

2. 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?

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

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. How does the author support his assertion that both single and married women seek ways to cross the barriers that keep them from establishing friendships with men?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship and affection, according to Lewis, are not connected, but rather are separate emotions. Write an essay explaining what you understand Lewis is referring to in relation to friendship and affection being separate emotions, and elaborate on whether you agree or disagree with Lewis on that point. Support your position with direct text or paraphrase.

Essay Topic 2

Since having read the chapter on charity, what type of attitude changes have you experienced, if any, with respect to love? Do you still perceive love to be the type that Lewis labels as natural, the type that is directed toward specific individuals only? Or are you now, following your reading of the chapter on charity, ready to abandon all of your former ideas about love and make charity your goal and quest? Write an essay focusing on the aforementioned questions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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