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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?
(a) They would go to Heaven together.
(b) It would be as if they never died.
(c) They would not recognize each other.
(d) They would still die alone.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took both of the author's parents?

2. What is H.'s real name?

3. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"

4. Of what disease did H. die?

5. What theory about God does the author dismiss?

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