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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?
(a) With sorrow.
(b) With embarrassment.
(c) Without sympathy.
(d) With eagerness.

2. How does Lewis begin his reflections?
(a) By describing his friends' reactions.
(b) By weeping.
(c) By shouting at God.
(d) By describing his physical and mental state.

3. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) Friends.
(b) History.
(c) God.
(d) Nature.

4. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?
(a) It would be as if they never died.
(b) They would still die alone.
(c) They would not recognize each other.
(d) They would go to Heaven together.

5. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?
(a) Where one "puts away childish things."
(b) Where the dead live in eternal bliss.
(c) "Where the former things have passed away."
(d) Where God answers all questions.

6. What kind of understanding did the author have of H.'s dying?
(a) An understanding of knowing death was approaching.
(b) The same understanding that H. had.
(c) An intellectual understanding.
(d) An understanding of the physical pain.

7. How does the author view the world that H. left behind?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Welcoming.
(c) Uninteresting and trivial.
(d) Engaging.

8. What sense does the first chapter end with?
(a) Resolution.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Futility.
(d) Satisfaction.

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

10. In his grief, where did the author want to revisit?
(a) The places he and H. had been happiest.
(b) Confession.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

11. How does the author decide he must consider death?
(a) As a permanent separation.
(b) As God's punishment.
(c) As a brief parting.
(d) As an illusion.

12. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?
(a) He will listen submissively.
(b) He will listen gladly.
(c) He will refuse to engage in conversation.
(d) He will argue theology.

13. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?
(a) Grandiose characterizations.
(b) Delusions.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Accurate descriptions.

14. How does the author picture the "eternal somethings" that he and H. would be after this life?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Spheres.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Angels.

15. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Those who have died other than his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the book?

2. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

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

4. Where does the author feel his loss the most?

5. What theory about God does the author dismiss?

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