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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 notes that a change in societal attitudes relating to friendship label it as which of the following?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following does Lewis deem necessary for a man and a woman to make a long-term relationship work?

4. According to Lewis, what is the reason that people are tempted to overstep the bounds of affection?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author, in the Eros part of his book, place the act of eating at the same level of importance as the physical part of love?

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. 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.

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

5. How does the author describe the general misconception that people maintain about 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. What are some of the exclusion elements relevant to friendship that the author points out?

8. Describe some of the profound observations that the author makes about the real value of friendship.

9. What was it that the author listed that Mrs. Fidget did for her family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lewis writes about affection being a simple type of love that even cats and dogs have the capacity to give. In fact, he notes that a prime, basic example of affection is the type that a dog has for a man, who like man, shows affection in association with the familiar. Write an essay that correlates some of the common traits that Lewis points out between affection displayed and experienced by a dog with that of a man (or woman). Does Lewis skillfully do that to prepare the reader for the introduction of charity on a higher plane at the end of the book? Or do you view the order that Lewis has presented the different types of love as unplanned? State and support your position.

Essay Topic 3

"Eros" is the state of being in love, according to Lewis. He describes how sexuality plays a role in the love that exists between a man and a woman, but ultimately focuses on spending an inordinate amount of time explaining why one should not let that type of love consume him/her. Write an essay on whether you agree or disagree with Lewis' description of Eros as noted above, and also elaborate on whether the author is directing the reader toward his way of thinking in terms of placing emphasis on the inability to have time to focus on God if one gets involved in an Eros love type relationship.

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