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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?
(a) Horror.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Suspense.

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

4. What is A Grief Observed a series of?
(a) Research papers.
(b) Reflections.
(c) Essays.
(d) Short stories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just died?

2. According to the author, what kind of faith cannot survive a serious challenge such as death?

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

4. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?

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

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