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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease took both of the author's parents?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Old age.
(d) Heart disease.

2. Of what disease did H. die?
(a) Emphysema.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Brain tumor.

3. What does the author say combats the idea of God's mindless cruelty?
(a) The promise of heaven.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Memories of lost loved ones.
(d) Christ.

4. In what discipline was the author educated?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Physics.
(c) Theology.
(d) Medieval History.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?

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

3. How does the author close the second chapter?

4. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?

5. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?

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