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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A book.
(c) A grave stone.
(d) A rope.

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

3. What does the author think might be true about his unconscious?
(a) That it is less primitive than his consciousness.
(b) That only God understands it.
(c) That it is an unfathomable mystery.
(d) That it is more primitive than the author's consciousness.

4. What does the author think is the worst thing he could wish for H.?
(a) For her to come back.
(b) For her to have lived longer.
(c) For her to remain gone.
(d) For her to be with God.

5. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?
(a) It is the highest human endeavor.
(b) God guides human thought along the right course.
(c) If humans think hard enough, they can understand God.
(d) Human beings should not try to accurately describe God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?

2. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?

3. What kinds of mortal questions does the author think that God cannot answer?

4. In what discipline was the author educated?

5. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?

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