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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words of comfort take on new meaning for the author in the fourth chapter?
(a) "Her suffering is ended."
(b) "She is in Heaven now."
(c) "She is in God's hands."
(d) "Why have you forsaken me?"

2. What does it mean if there is a good God, according to the author?
(a) Human suffering is necessary.
(b) Human beings do not suffer.
(c) Suffering is a human invention.
(d) Human suffering is unnecessary.

3. What experience helps the author make a decision about God's nature?
(a) H.'s suffering.
(b) When the author stops grieving.
(c) When God withholds His comfort.
(d) The author's suffering.

4. 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. is unimaginable.
(c) Like God, the author must believe H. exists without proof.
(d) Like God, H. responds to prayer.

5. To what does the author compare falling in love with H.'s memory?
(a) Adultery.
(b) The next best thing to having H. with him.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Incest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit might the author enjoy by praising God?

2. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?

3. What does Lewis think people who grieve should do?

4. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?

5. At the beginning of the third chapter, what does the author say is the reason he does not think about H. all the time?

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