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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, if any, were H.'s last words?
(a) She had no last words.
(b) "I am at peace with God."
(c) "I don't want to die."
(d) "I don't want to leave you now."

2. What does the author conclude about the way that lovers feel about the other one's death?
(a) The feelings are exactly the same.
(b) The feelings are in opposition.
(c) The feelings are complementary.
(d) The feelings are overpowering.

3. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?
(a) He cannot enter into her experience of dying.
(b) She cannot come home from the hospital.
(c) He cannot express his fears to her.
(d) He thinks she will not miss him.

4. Who quoted to the author, "Do not mourn like those that have no hope."?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) C.
(c) B. R.
(d) H.

5. What aspect of an afterlife does the author say differs completely from this life?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Burial.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just died?

2. What physical condition does the author think his feelings resemble?

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

4. In what way does the author crave to be touched by H.?

5. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?

(see the answer key)

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