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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, what is likely to happen if a woman deprives her husband or significant other from friendships with others?

2. According to Lewis, what element precludes crossing the lines of gender in relation to friendship?

3. Lewis points out friendships that exist between friends of the same sex, which can be deemed as which of the following?

4. According to Lewis, which of the following methods is used to attempt to bring those falling into bad habits back into the fold?

5. Lewis points out that both men and women want which of the following in addition to a spouse or a significant other?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One question that can be addressed is whether Lewis assumed that everyone reading his book would reach and read its last section on charity. Is the idea conceivable that not every one of his readers read the book in its entirety and missed his hard-hitting message about the nature of charity at the end? Which type of love inspires you and do you strive for after having read Lewis' book? Are you still applying like, love, affection, and friendship in the traditional way, or viewing them in a different way that has led you away from it and toward seeking charity?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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