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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does the author say is useless if God hurts to heal?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Trying to heal oneself.
(c) Begging God for tenderness.
(d) Thinking one can reverse any pain.

2. What did H. say so often?
(a) "I will always love you."
(b) 'Don't let me die."
(c) "C'est la vie."
(d) "Alone into the alone."

3. What feeling characterizes the second section?
(a) Fear.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Hopelessness.

4. With what same quality does the author think his love for H. shared?
(a) The beauty of nature.
(b) The author's love for his children.
(c) The author's intellect.
(d) The author's faith in God.

5. What does the author think that H. would have thought must happen to weak faith?
(a) Religion must build up such faith.
(b) That such faith must be knocked down.
(c) That such faith must be held closely.
(d) That weak faith has to grow stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?

2. What sense does the first chapter end with?

3. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?

4. What metaphor does the author use with which to compare with a God who hurts to heal?

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

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