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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 states that those who feel that they may be losing a loved one to change are fearful of which of the following?
2. Lewis notes that a change in societal attitudes relating to friendship label it as which of the following?
3. A major difference between friends and lovers is which of the following, according to Lewis?
4. According to Lewis, which of the following is a major factor contributing to the lessening of differences between men and women?
5. What is the sole condition under which affection produces happiness according to Lewis?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe some of the profound observations that the author makes about the real value of friendship.
3. 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?
4. What are the underlying traits of jealousy that author C.S. Lewis points out?
5. 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?
6. How does the author, in the Eros section of his book, explain that love is more than just physical?
7. 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.
8. Describe the example that the author mentions in the friendship section of his book that can actually be labeled as "the opposite of friendship."
9. What are some of the pitfalls associated with the physical part of being in love, according to the author?
10. 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?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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