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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author conclude about the way that lovers feel about the other one's death?
(a) The feelings are exactly the same.
(b) The feelings are complementary.
(c) The feelings are overpowering.
(d) The feelings are in opposition.

3. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?
(a) To prove that God is all-powerful.
(b) To restore the author's past.
(c) So the author's children will have their mother.
(d) Because the author is selfish.

4. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) It pulls us toward it.
(b) We need to share it with others.
(c) We barely notice it.
(d) We run from it.

5. Thinking so much about his grief causes the author to doubt what?
(a) His love for H.
(b) His sanity.
(c) His memories of H.
(d) His faith in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?

2. What quality best characterizes the author's reflections?

3. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

4. Who is the main character in the book?

5. What disease took both of the author's parents?

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