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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of an afterlife does the author say differs completely from this life?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Burial.

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 is H.?
(a) A faculty member.
(b) The author's wife.
(c) A friend from the author's past.
(d) The author's brother.

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

5. Rather than relying upon his memory of his wife, what does the author want?
(a) To forget she ever lived.
(b) For God to return her.
(c) To dwell on her sweetness.
(d) To replace her with a new partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?

2. According to the author, what never repeats itself?

3. Who has just died?

4. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?

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

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