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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To have an authentic life, whom must one become more like?
(a) A little child.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) God.
(d) One of the sorrowing.

2. On page 72, what type of a mother does Nicholas describe and say that he cannot identify with her pain?
(a) A mother who hurts her children.
(b) A mother who has lost a child in childbirth.
(c) An impoverished mother whose child is starving.
(d) A mother who has no living children.

3. Who wrote "God too is pained by death, more even than you and I are; but there's nothing much he can do about it"?
(a) Rabbi Elwood.
(b) Rabbi Klein.
(c) Rabbi Schmidt.
(d) Rabbi Kushner.

4. What specific date does Nicholas say is one of the worst days?
(a) February 28.
(b) March 31.
(c) January 31.
(d) April 30.

5. On page 81, whom does Nicholas say that God sent to suffer like mankind?
(a) The prophets.
(b) The apostles.
(c) His son.
(d) The disciples.

6. On page 66, what did a friend say he saw during Eric's funeral?
(a) Joy.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace.

7. On page 87, what does Nicholas say that God wanted to experience with man because of his great love for mankind?
(a) Total absurdity of death.
(b) Joy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Man's deepest sorrows.

8. What does Nicholas say is God's response to our lovelessness?
(a) Deep sorrow.
(b) Great anger.
(c) Avenging fury.
(d) Forgiveness.

9. What does Nicholas look forward to doing on the Great Day when all will be reunited?
(a) Being able to worship at God's throne.
(b) Being able to sing with the angels.
(c) Being able to dispense with guilt.
(d) Throwing himself into the arms of those he's wronged and saying, "I'm sorry."

10. What were people putting into baskets when Nicholas walked into a store?
(a) Onions.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Celery.
(d) Carrots.

11. In one respect, how does man mirror God?
(a) In faith.
(b) In our knowledge.
(c) In death.
(d) In happiness.

12. Instead of overcoming, what has Nicholas learned to do with the unpleasant things in his life?
(a) Trust.
(b) Cope.
(c) Confront.
(d) Endure.

13. Where is it written "Why do you permit yourself to suffer, O God? If the death of the devout costs you dear, why do you permit it?"
(a) Psalm 116:15.
(b) Psalm 1:12.
(c) Psalm 119:110.
(d) Psalm 120:18.

14. On page 70, what passage of the Bible does Nicholas refer to as a lament in the context of a faith that endures?
(a) Isaiah 40.
(b) Psalm 42.
(c) Revelation 21.
(d) Jeremiah 33.

15. Who wrote, "we have to wait for the third day"?
(a) Henri Nouwen.
(b) Greg Bahsen.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Clement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a soul that pants for God compared to in a scripture passage that Nicholas quotes on page 71?

2. What does every act of evil extract from God?

3. What does Nicholas almost not dare to say that Eric will miss because he has died?

4. On page 63, what does Nicholas mention that someone said to Claire?

5. What will happen to him who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow?

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