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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis note that a person who is in love with a friend will do in relation to losing the love or the friendship equally?
(a) Not regret that it happened.
(b) Regret that it happened.
(c) Be indifferent about its occurrence.
(d) Be relieved that it happened.

2. Lewis cites that friendship expects which of the following in return for help?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Hourly pay.
(c) Nothing in return.
(d) Reciprocal assistance.

3. Which of the following do we tend to hold onto with respect to affection, according to Lewis?
(a) To what is familiar.
(b) To what we feel to be rightfully ours.
(c) To what we desire.
(d) To what we feel that we need.

4. Which of the following does Lewis NOT cite as a factor that may have affected your choice in friends?
(a) Birth year.
(b) Geographic location.
(c) Religion.
(d) Choice of university.

5. According to Lewis' story illustrating perversion, which of the following can occur if an individual tends to every need that is perceived in relation to their object of affection?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Rejection.
(d) Boredom.

6. According to Lewis, most friendships exist between men and men and women and women due to which of the following?
(a) Adherence to parental advice to avoid cultivating friendship with the opposite sex.
(b) There are seldom shared activities between the two genders.
(c) Fear of rejection of friendship by member(s) of the opposite sex.
(d) Both genders have carried over their distaste for one another since childhood.

7. Lewis asserts that which of the following loves may or may not occur when friendship exists between a man and a woman?
(a) Erotic love.
(b) Need love.
(c) Appreciative love.
(d) Gift love.

8. A man may seek out friends as a means to fill his need for friends, but also to accomplish which of the following, according to Lewis?
(a) To be able to make his own choices in the selection of friends.
(b) To hone his ability to form friendship(s).
(c) To rebel against the woman's control.
(d) To find friends who may befriend both him and his spouse or significant other.

9. A person's affection for animals, Lewis asserts, tends to drain which of the following?
(a) The need to be needed by the family.
(b) The need for acceptance by others.
(c) The need for affection.
(d) The need for others' attention.

10. Lewis uses which of the following characters to illustrate how perversion is possible within gift love?
(a) Mrs. Lawrence.
(b) Mrs. Troxclair.
(c) Mrs. Winters.
(d) Mrs. Fidget.

11. Lewis states that finding true affection, friendship, and deeper love for a person takes which of the following actions in order to evoke affection in return?
(a) Taking actions that make them happy.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Conducting one-on-one discussions.

12. What is the sole condition under which affection produces happiness according to Lewis?
(a) "If there is common sense."
(b) "If affection is generated equally from the parties involved."
(c) "If there is a bond."
(d) "If theire is mutual respect between the parties involved."

13. Which of the following, according to Lewis, lend support to the belief that Eros is a higher type of love?
(a) Power, dynamics, and jolts.
(b) Strength, sweetness, and sheer terror.
(c) Boldness, charisma, and transformation.
(d) Composition, influence, and enlightment.

14. 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?
(a) Need love.
(b) Need pleasure.
(c) Gift love.
(d) Affection.

15. Which of the following does Lewis assert that women want?
(a) Notoriety.
(b) A successful career.
(c) To be the object of one's affection.
(d) Someone with whom to share life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spouses sharing duties in the home, according to Lewis, contributes to which of the following?

2. A major difference between friends and lovers is which of the following, according to Lewis?

3. Lewis writes that to say, "These are my friends..." implies which of the following?

4. While discussing Eros, which of the following is Lewis certain to NOT include in his discussion?

5. Lewis define Eros as being which of the following?

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