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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what is the author finally able to do?
(a) Tend to his affairs.
(b) Tidy up his house.
(c) Remember H. without forcing it.
(d) Talk to his children about H.

2. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?
(a) That H. is no longer suffering.
(b) With the promise of "reunions on the further shore."
(c) That the author will love again.
(d) That the author's children bring him comfort.

3. What does the author think it means if human suffering is unnecessary?
(a) Either there is no God or He is bad.
(b) That Satan causes suffering.
(c) That humans bring on their own suffering.
(d) That human suffering is an illusion.

4. Why does the author ask God to treat H. tenderly?
(a) Because of her terrible suffering in life.
(b) Because only God can make H. happy.
(c) Because everyone should be treated tenderly by God.
(d) Because the author can no longer help her.

5. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?
(a) Where one "puts away childish things."
(b) Where God answers all questions.
(c) Where the dead live in eternal bliss.
(d) "Where the former things have passed away."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think might have influenced his love for H.?

2. What does the author ask if he is doing with his fallen house of cards?

3. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?

4. What can the author's grief and memories never achieve?

5. Who causes the author the most confusion?

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