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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the difference between the author's and H.'s sufferings?
(a) They were very different experiences.
(b) The experiences changed all the time without warning.
(c) There was no difference.
(d) One of them did not suffer at all.

2. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?
(a) He cannot express his fears to her.
(b) He thinks she will not miss him.
(c) He cannot enter into her experience of dying.
(d) She cannot come home from the hospital.

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

4. What physical condition does the author think his feelings resemble?
(a) A severe headache.
(b) An ulcer.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A concussion.

5. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?
(a) For them to come back to life.
(b) To have conversations with them.
(c) For them to wait for their loved ones.
(d) For them to report what Heaven is like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?

2. According to the author, what feeling does a dying person experience?

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

4. What did H. say so often?

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

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