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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Anger.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Bliss.

2. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?
(a) With embarrassment.
(b) Without sympathy.
(c) With sorrow.
(d) With eagerness.

3. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?
(a) An intellectual understanding.
(b) An understanding of knowing death was approaching.
(c) An understanding of the physical pain.
(d) The same understanding that H. had.

4. In Chapter Two, what does the author say is one more name for death?
(a) Grief.
(b) Time.
(c) Religion.
(d) Cancer.

5. Who causes the author the most confusion?
(a) God.
(b) Himself.
(c) His friends.
(d) His sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what kind of faith cannot survive a serious challenge such as death?

2. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?

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

4. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

5. Of what disease did H. die?

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