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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?
(a) Because the author is selfish.
(b) To prove that God is all-powerful.
(c) To restore the author's past.
(d) So the author's children will have their mother.

2. What experience helps the author make a decision about God's nature?
(a) The author's suffering.
(b) H.'s suffering.
(c) When the author stops grieving.
(d) When God withholds His comfort.

3. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?
(a) With a feeling that Lewis' wife continued to live.
(b) With the gift of comfort.
(c) With silence.
(d) With a sense of nearness to Lewis.

4. Who is the main character in the book?
(a) H.
(b) God.
(c) C. S. Lewis.
(d) The two sons.

5. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Friends.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author conclude is God's nature?

2. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?

3. What is A Grief Observed a series of?

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

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

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