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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?
(a) That H. is no longer suffering.
(b) With the promise of "reunions on the further shore."
(c) That the author will love again.
(d) That the author's children bring him comfort.

3. What metaphor does the author use to describe grief in the beginning of the fourth chapter?
(a) A long, winding valley.
(b) A broken trolley.
(c) A house of cards.
(d) A hopeless child.

4. What is A Grief Observed a series of?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Reflections.
(c) Essays.
(d) Research papers.

5. Whose suffering troubles the author the most?
(a) H.'s
(b) His own.
(c) His parents'.
(d) His children's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say can shatter the author's idea of God?

2. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?

3. Thinking so much about his grief causes the author to doubt what?

4. About how many human questions does the author estimate cannot be answered by God?

5. Who quoted to the author, "Do not mourn like those that have no hope."?

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