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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reacts in shame when the author talks about his wife?
(a) Their sons.
(b) The author's colleagues.
(c) The author's brother.
(d) The author's minister.

2. What is A Grief Observed a series of?
(a) Reflections.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Essays.
(d) Research papers.

3. What quality best characterizes the author's reflections?
(a) Irrationality.
(b) Fear.
(c) Logic.
(d) Anger.

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

5. Of what disease did H. die?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Emphysema.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author view the world that H. left behind?

2. What did H. say so often?

3. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

4. What theory about God does the author dismiss?

5. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?

(see the answer key)

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