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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 finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That is certainly exists.
(b) That it is a cheap trick.
(c) That it brings freedom from suffering.
(d) That it is an illusion.

2. Whom does Lewis' sons remind him of?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Himself as a child.
(c) God.
(d) Lewis' mother.

3. Rather than relying upon his memory of his wife, what does the author want?
(a) To forget she ever lived.
(b) To dwell on her sweetness.
(c) To replace her with a new partner.
(d) For God to return her.

4. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?
(a) Understanding the meaning of life and death.
(b) Death.
(c) Reunion with H.
(d) Life with God.

5. Where is Jesus's agony on the cross recorded?
(a) A Grief Observed.
(b) One of the author's textbooks.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Dead Sea Scrolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?

2. What does the author say is human history's cruel joke?

3. How many hours of healthy sleep did the author finally get in Chapter Three?

4. What does the author think that H. would have thought must happen to weak faith?

5. In Chapter Three, what is the author finally able to do?

(see the answer key)

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