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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pseudonym did the author use?
(a) C. S. Lewis.
(b) J. R. R. Tolkien.
(c) Joy Gresham.
(d) N. W. Clerk.

2. At the very end of the second chapter, to what or whom does the author compare himself?
(a) A missing link.
(b) A ship missing an engine.
(c) Job.
(d) The Prodigal Son.

3. What physical condition does the author think his feelings resemble?
(a) An ulcer.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) A severe headache.
(d) A concussion.

4. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?
(a) Confidence in Scripture.
(b) Detachment from death.
(c) Mothering instinct.
(d) Faith in God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what discipline was the author educated?

2. The day after the author's rant in Chapter Two, what does he ask himself about God?

3. What does the author think it means if human suffering is unnecessary?

4. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?

5. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?

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