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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?
(a) It is the highest human endeavor.
(b) If humans think hard enough, they can understand God.
(c) Human beings should not try to accurately describe God.
(d) God guides human thought along the right course.

2. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?
(a) He will refuse to engage in conversation.
(b) He will listen gladly.
(c) He will listen submissively.
(d) He will argue theology.

3. What, if any, were H.'s last words?
(a) "I don't want to leave you now."
(b) "I don't want to die."
(c) She had no last words.
(d) "I am at peace with God."

4. What kind of character did the author's wife have?
(a) No-nonsense.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Irresponsible.
(d) Depressive.

5. What is H.'s real name?
(a) Joy Gresham.
(b) Norma Lewis.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Helen Lewis.

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

7. What sense does the first chapter end with?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Futility.
(d) Satisfaction.

8. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?
(a) A rope.
(b) An automobile.
(c) A book.
(d) A grave stone.

9. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?
(a) Death.
(b) Life with God.
(c) Understanding the meaning of life and death.
(d) Reunion with H.

10. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?
(a) That he is growing closer to God.
(b) That the author is close to understanding why his wife died.
(c) They are senseless.
(d) That God will answer all of the author's questions.

11. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?
(a) With the gift of comfort.
(b) With silence.
(c) With a feeling that Lewis' wife continued to live.
(d) With a sense of nearness to Lewis.

12. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Those who have died other than his wife.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

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

14. What does Lewis think people who grieve should do?
(a) Grit their teeth and get on with life.
(b) Talk freely about their pain.
(c) Talk to their pastors.
(d) Remove themselves from society.

15. How long does the author think his suffering will last?
(a) As long as it must.
(b) Not much longer.
(c) For about a year.
(d) Forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?

2. How does the author decide he must consider death?

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

4. What does the author think about a God who has created a world of so much beauty?

5. What is the only thing, according to the author, that tests the reality of a belief?

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