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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?
(a) God.
(b) A minister.
(c) Lewis' son.
(d) A friend.

2. What theory about God does the author dismiss?
(a) That God does not love human beings.
(b) That God is close to those who suffer.
(c) That God causes people to die.
(d) That God is a figment of human imagination.

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

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

5. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?
(a) With a feeling that Lewis' wife continued to live.
(b) With the gift of comfort.
(c) With silence.
(d) With a sense of nearness to Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?

2. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?

3. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?

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

5. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?

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