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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, which is the least natural of the loves that he focuses on in his book?
(a) Affection.
(b) Gift love.
(c) Appreciative love.
(d) Friendship.

2. 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) Suffocation.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Rejection.
(d) Contempt.

3. 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?
(a) Dr. Keaton.
(b) Dr. Colinot.
(c) Dr. Quartz.
(d) Dr. McGrew.

4. Lewis equates meeting around the dinner table for conversation as which of the following?
(a) An opportunity to plan the following day.
(b) A social opportunity.
(c) A time for reflection on the day's events.
(d) A time to eat the lightest meal of the day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis states that which of the following must be applied to Eros?

2. Lewis states that "a person who spends time spoiling a dog" doesn't have time to do which of the following?

3. According to Lewis, most people regard friendship as being which of the following in relation to all the kinds of love?

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. Which of the following is an unconventional basis for friendship that Lewis cites?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. What does the author observe about the necessity of friendship?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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.

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