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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?
(a) Accurate descriptions.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Grandiose characterizations.
(d) Delusions.

4. In the second chapter, what does the author reason God must do if He hurts people so in this life?
(a) That God does not really hurt people at all.
(b) It is not an issue.
(c) That God continues to hurt people after death.
(d) That He releases people from all pain

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) If he has found acceptance that H. is gone.
(d) Whether or not God exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?

2. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?

3. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?

4. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?

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

(see the answer key)

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