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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who causes the author the most confusion?
(a) His sons.
(b) God.
(c) Himself.
(d) His friends.

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

4. If death is real, what does the author conclude about it?
(a) That it matters more than anything.
(b) That its existence is irrelevant.
(c) That God does not care if people die.
(d) That the author has no reason to keep living.

5. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?
(a) When death finally comes.
(b) Living with it.
(c) Studying about the disease.
(d) Contracting it oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does the first chapter end with?

2. What is A Grief Observed a series of?

3. What did H. say so often?

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

5. Who is H.?

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