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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) History.
(b) Friends.
(c) God.
(d) Nature.

2. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) One of the author's sons.
(c) The author's friend.
(d) The author's father.

3. What does the author state causes human beings to regard God falsely?
(a) Tainted and depraved ideas.
(b) Organized religion.
(c) The way God tests people.
(d) The devil.

4. Who quoted to the author, "Do not mourn like those that have no hope."?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) C.
(c) H.
(d) B. R.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?

2. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?

3. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?

4. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?

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

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