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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?
(a) When death finally comes.
(b) Living with it.
(c) Contracting it oneself.
(d) Studying about the disease.

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

3. If death is real, what does the author conclude about it?
(a) That the author has no reason to keep living.
(b) That it matters more than anything.
(c) That its existence is irrelevant.
(d) That God does not care if people die.

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

5. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lewis' state of mind?

2. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

3. What happens when the author tries to remember H.'s face?

4. What quality best characterizes the author's reflections?

5. Who is the main character in the book?

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