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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?
(a) Her wisdom.
(b) Her love for their children.
(c) Her detachment.
(d) Her sense of humor.

2. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?
(a) With embarrassment.
(b) Without sympathy.
(c) With sorrow.
(d) With eagerness.

3. How does the author view the world that H. left behind?
(a) Welcoming.
(b) Uninteresting and trivial.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Hostile.

4. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?
(a) The same understanding that H. had.
(b) An intellectual understanding.
(c) An understanding of knowing death was approaching.
(d) An understanding of the physical pain.

5. How does Lewis begin his reflections?
(a) By describing his friends' reactions.
(b) By describing his physical and mental state.
(c) By shouting at God.
(d) By weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is A Grief Observed a series of?

2. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

3. If death is real, what does the author conclude about it?

4. How long were the author and H. married?

5. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

(see the answer key)

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