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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory about God does the author dismiss?
(a) That God is a figment of human imagination.
(b) That God does not love human beings.
(c) That God causes people to die.
(d) That God is close to those who suffer.

2. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?
(a) An intellectual understanding.
(b) The same understanding that H. had.
(c) An understanding of knowing death was approaching.
(d) An understanding of the physical pain.

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

4. What does Lewis think people who grieve should do?
(a) Grit their teeth and get on with life.
(b) Talk to their pastors.
(c) Talk freely about their pain.
(d) Remove themselves from society.

5. How does Lewis begin his reflections?
(a) By weeping.
(b) By describing his physical and mental state.
(c) By describing his friends' reactions.
(d) By shouting at God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?

2. As Chapter Three begins, what does the author record that he is afraid his grief will turn into?

3. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

4. What is the only thing, according to the author, that tests the reality of a belief?

5. What does the author think might have influenced his love for H.?

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