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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 think it means if human suffering is unnecessary?
(a) Either there is no God or He is bad.
(b) That Satan causes suffering.
(c) That human suffering is an illusion.
(d) That humans bring on their own suffering.

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

3. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?
(a) The body is stronger than the mind.
(b) Because God made it that way.
(c) The mind never suffers.
(d) The mind is capable of evasion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?

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

3. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?

4. How long were the author and H. married?

5. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

(see the answer key)

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