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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) H.
(c) B. R.
(d) The author's children.

3. Who has just died?
(a) The author's wife.
(b) The author's best friend.
(c) The author's neighbor.
(d) The author's mother.

4. What quality best characterizes the author's reflections?
(a) Anger.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Fear.
(d) Logic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say a mother who has lost a child responds to words of comfort about where the child is?

2. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?

3. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?

4. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?

5. What is A Grief Observed a series of?

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