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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reacts in shame when the author talks about his wife?
(a) The author's colleagues.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) Their sons.
(d) The author's minister.

2. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Suspense.
(c) Horror.
(d) Fiction.

3. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?
(a) He will argue from Scripture.
(b) He will assume the speaker does not understand.
(c) He will be consoled.
(d) He will be persuaded.

4. How does the author picture the "eternal somethings" that he and H. would be after this life?
(a) Angels.
(b) Spheres.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Emptiness.

5. What do Bridge-players tell the author makes the game serious?
(a) Friends gathering.
(b) Money.
(c) Concentration.
(d) Nothing makes Bridge serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?

2. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?

3. Rather than relying upon his memory of his wife, what does the author want?

4. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"

5. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?

(see the answer key)

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