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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: p. 28-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week did Nicholas receive the call that his son died?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. What type of books were on a table in Eric's apartment?
(a) Art and mountaineering books.
(b) Bibles and devotionals.
(c) Books on pottery.
(d) Architectural books.

3. What elements did Nicholas believe would comfort him?
(a) The Psalms.
(b) The gospel.
(c) The book of Ecclesiastes.
(d) The words of Jesus Christ.

4. What hope did not console Nicholas?
(a) Hope of the resurrection.
(b) Hope of seeing Eric again.
(c) Hope in life after death.
(d) Hope that God had a plan.

5. When it comes to grief, what people need to be corrected eventually and gently?
(a) People who can no longer love.
(b) People who have become embittered.
(c) People who believe things are more awful than they really are.
(d) People who have no faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eric's landlady say he loved more than anything?

2. In Eric's thesis, what person was he especially interested in writing about?

3. What was the weather like when Nicholas received the call that Eric died?

4. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?

5. What does Nicholas say that he had to fly across to retrieve Eric's body?

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