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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?
(a) The body is stronger than the mind.
(b) The mind is capable of evasion.
(c) The mind never suffers.
(d) Because God made it that way.

4. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"
(a) A friend.
(b) The author.
(c) Jesus.
(d) H.

5. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?
(a) Like God, H. is all-knowing.
(b) Like God, H. responds to prayer.
(c) Like God, the author must believe H. exists without proof.
(d) Like God, H. is unimaginable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?

2. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?

3. What is the only thing, according to the author, that tests the reality of a belief?

4. What do Bridge-players tell the author makes the game serious?

5. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?

(see the answer key)

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