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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. Based on Lewis' observations, what level of emphasis do modern writers place on friendship?

2. Lewis notes that in prior times, having friendships appeared to raise a person to which of the following?

3. Lewis cites that friendship expects which of the following in return for help?

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Somewhere along the way, as he explains the joy and pitfalls associated with love, does the author deliver an underlying message to love ourselves? Does he tend to direct us toward protection by guiding the reader toward charity? Does his exhibition of protection toward us (whom he did not know or meet) serve as an expression of his love and compassion for mankind, and ultimately serve as his expression of charity? Write an essay focusing your thoughts and writings on the message that you receive from Lewis' last chapter, and the aforementioned questions.

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

The question regarding whether men and women can be friends comes up during the course of Lewis' explanation of the love type known as friendship. It is a complicated web that Lewis spins as he attempts to establish whether men and women can be friends. Unravel that web that Lewis has spun, and write an essay explaining your understanding of what the author attempts to convey and conclude about the possibility of friendships blooming and lasting between women and men.

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