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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has just died?
(a) The author's wife.
(b) The author's best friend.
(c) The author's mother.
(d) The author's neighbor.

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

3. What theory about God does the author dismiss?
(a) That God is a figment of human imagination.
(b) That God does not love human beings.
(c) That God causes people to die.
(d) That God is close to those who suffer.

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

5. What did H. say so often?
(a) 'Don't let me die."
(b) "I will always love you."
(c) "Alone into the alone."
(d) "C'est la vie."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes the author the most confusion?

2. What sense does the first chapter end with?

3. Who is the main character in the book?

4. In what discipline was the author educated?

5. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?

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