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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the difference between the author's and H.'s sufferings?
(a) There was no difference.
(b) One of them did not suffer at all.
(c) The experiences changed all the time without warning.
(d) They were very different experiences.

3. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?
(a) The memories change over time.
(b) The memories become more clear.
(c) The memories act as substitutes for the people.
(d) We completely forget people.

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

5. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?
(a) He will argue from Scripture.
(b) He will be persuaded.
(c) He will be consoled.
(d) He will assume the speaker does not understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his grief, where did the author want to revisit?

2. What is Lewis' state of mind?

3. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

4. Where does the author feel his loss the most?

5. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?

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