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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author think might have influenced his love for H.?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) A desire to have children.
(c) Egoism.
(d) Reflection of the author's love of God.

2. What does the author decide in Chapter Three is more important that being treated gently by God?
(a) To understand that suffering leads to growth.
(b) There is nothing more important than being treated gently by God.
(c) To surrender to death.
(d) To rage against God's will.

3. With what same quality does the author think his love for H. shared?
(a) The author's love for his children.
(b) The author's faith in God.
(c) The author's intellect.
(d) The beauty of nature.

4. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?
(a) A Roman Catholic idea.
(b) Distorted Anglican theology.
(c) An Eastern religious idea.
(d) A sort of extreme Calvinism.

5. As Chapter Three begins, what does the author record that he is afraid his grief will turn into?
(a) Unending sorrow.
(b) Distorted memories of H.
(c) Dead flatness.
(d) Rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?

2. What important personal process does the author begin in the course of Chapter Three?

3. When does the author claim he is at his worst?

4. Where does the author feel his loss the most?

5. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?

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