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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author prefer to the "feelings, feelings, feelings"?
(a) Rational thought.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Work as a distraction.
(d) Sleep.

2. What does the author think is the worst thing he could wish for H.?
(a) For her to remain gone.
(b) For her to be with God.
(c) For her to come back.
(d) For her to have lived longer.

3. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Courage.

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

5. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Horror.
(d) Suspense.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?

2. In Chapter Two, what does the author say is one more name for death?

3. When will the author know if his restored faith is solid?

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

5. What is the only thing the author thinks matters about his anger toward God?

(see the answer key)

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