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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?
(a) One of the author's sons.
(b) The author's father.
(c) The author's friend.
(d) The author's brother.

4. Where is Jesus's agony on the cross recorded?
(a) One of the author's textbooks.
(b) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(c) A Grief Observed.
(d) The Bible.

5. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) We barely notice it.
(b) It pulls us toward it.
(c) We run from it.
(d) We need to share it with others.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Lewis' state of mind?

4. What physical condition does the author think his feelings resemble?

5. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?

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