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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author think that Lazarus got a "raw deal"?
(a) Lazarus did not want to rise from the dead.
(b) Lazarus had to die twice.
(c) Lazarus was still ill when he came back to life.
(d) Lazarus was a martyr.

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

3. How does the author say a mother who has lost a child responds to words of comfort about where the child is?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is grateful.
(c) She wants to join the child.
(d) She is not comforted.

4. Whose suffering troubles the author the most?
(a) H.'s
(b) His children's.
(c) His own.
(d) His parents'.

5. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?
(a) Understanding the meaning of life and death.
(b) Reunion with H.
(c) Life with God.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does the first chapter end with?

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

3. What literary genre is A Grief Observed?

4. What does the author consider might be "only one more house of cards"?

5. For whose sake was the author's plea, "Come back"?

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