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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reacts in shame when the author talks about his wife?
(a) The author's minister.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) Their sons.
(d) The author's colleagues.

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

3. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?
(a) Absolutely nothing.
(b) God continues to "temper her."
(c) She is perfected in God's eyes.
(d) She has become an angel.

4. When will the author know if his restored faith is solid?
(a) When the next tragic blow comes.
(b) When he no longer misses H.
(c) When he prays daily.
(d) When he returns to church.

5. What did the author's friends call him?
(a) Clive Staples.
(b) Jack.
(c) Clive.
(d) C. S.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?

2. What does the author think might be true about his unconscious?

3. In Chapter Two, of whom does the author decide he needs to think more?

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

5. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?

(see the answer key)

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