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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author decide in Chapter Three is more important that being treated gently by God?
(a) To understand that suffering leads to growth.
(b) To surrender to death.
(c) To rage against God's will.
(d) There is nothing more important than being treated gently by God.

3. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Those who have died other than his wife.
(c) His children.
(d) His wife.

4. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That it is a cheap trick.
(b) That it is an illusion.
(c) That is certainly exists.
(d) That it brings freedom from suffering.

5. Who is H.?
(a) A friend from the author's past.
(b) A faculty member.
(c) The author's wife.
(d) The author's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took both of the author's parents?

2. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?

3. Who has just died?

4. What does the author think it means if human suffering is unnecessary?

5. What is Lewis' state of mind?

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