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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?
(a) For them to wait for their loved ones.
(b) For them to come back to life.
(c) For them to report what Heaven is like.
(d) To have conversations with them.

2. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?
(a) God.
(b) A friend.
(c) A minister.
(d) Lewis' son.

3. Who is H.?
(a) A friend from the author's past.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's wife.
(d) A faculty member.

4. In Chapter Two, of whom does the author decide he needs to think more?
(a) His children.
(b) H.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

5. According to the author, what kind of faith cannot survive a serious challenge such as death?
(a) An impossible faith.
(b) A house of cards.
(c) The only kind of faith that is possible.
(d) The faith of the saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?

2. How long does the author think his suffering will last?

3. What does the author think is the worst thing he could wish for H.?

4. Rather than relying upon his memory of his wife, what does the author want?

5. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?

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