View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What theory about God does the author dismiss?
(a) That God is a figment of human imagination.
(b) That God does not love human beings.
(c) That God causes people to die.
(d) That God is close to those who suffer.

3. What does the author say is human history's cruel joke?
(a) That this life makes no sense.
(b) That God is hateful.
(c) That there is no promise in Jesus's life and death.
(d) That there is no after life.

4. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?
(a) Like God, H. responds to prayer.
(b) Like God, H. is unimaginable.
(c) Like God, the author must believe H. exists without proof.
(d) Like God, H. is all-knowing.

5. In what discipline was the author educated?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Medieval History.
(c) Physics.
(d) Theology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author's friends call him?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 290 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample