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

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

3. How does the author know that the end of this life is all about heavenly reunions?
(a) It says so in the Bible.
(b) He had a vision.
(c) Reality never repeats.
(d) He and H. discussed it.

4. What will happen every time the author builds a new house of cards?
(a) The author will continue what he is doing.
(b) The author will stop what he is doing.
(c) The author will grow closer to God.
(d) God will knock it down.

5. Why could the author's records not achieve his intended purpose?
(a) Because sorrow is a process, not a state.
(b) Because sorrow never ends.
(c) Because the author stopped recording his thoughts.
(d) Because the author cannot understand his own thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the book?

2. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?

3. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

4. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?

5. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?

(see the answer key)

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