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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author state causes human beings to regard God falsely?
(a) The devil.
(b) Organized religion.
(c) The way God tests people.
(d) Tainted and depraved ideas.

3. What is H.'s real name?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Joy Gresham.
(c) Helen Lewis.
(d) Norma Lewis.

4. How does the author decide he must consider death?
(a) As an illusion.
(b) As God's punishment.
(c) As a permanent separation.
(d) As a brief parting.

5. The day after the author's rant in Chapter Two, what does he ask himself about God?
(a) If it's rational to believe in a bad God.
(b) If God can return H. to life.
(c) Whether or not God exists.
(d) If he has found acceptance that H. is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were the author and H. married?

2. What pseudonym did the author use?

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

4. What, if any, were H.'s last words?

5. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?

(see the answer key)

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