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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"
(a) Jesus.
(b) H.
(c) A friend.
(d) The author.

2. What can the author's grief and memories never achieve?
(a) Restoring the author's faith in God.
(b) Easing or aggravating H.'s past anguish.
(c) Bringing H. back.
(d) Giving the author comfort.

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

4. In Chapter Two, what does the author say is one more name for death?
(a) Grief.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Religion.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

2. How long were the author and H. married?

3. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?

4. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?

5. What happens when the author tries to remember H.'s face?

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