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

3. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) H.
(c) The author's children.
(d) B. R.

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

5. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?
(a) That he is growing closer to God.
(b) That the author is close to understanding why his wife died.
(c) They are senseless.
(d) That God will answer all of the author's questions.

6. What does the author say combats the idea of God's mindless cruelty?
(a) The promise of heaven.
(b) Christ.
(c) Scripture.
(d) Memories of lost loved ones.

7. To what does the author compare clinging to the memory of one who has died?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Snow falling on objects, covering their identities.
(c) Cold grave stones.
(d) Death itself.

8. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) The author's father.
(c) One of the author's sons.
(d) The author's friend.

9. What did H. say so often?
(a) 'Don't let me die."
(b) "C'est la vie."
(c) "Alone into the alone."
(d) "I will always love you."

10. Who causes the author the most confusion?
(a) Himself.
(b) His sons.
(c) God.
(d) His friends.

11. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?
(a) Hymns.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Religious lithographs.
(d) Academic works.

12. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That it is a cheap trick.
(b) That it brings freedom from suffering.
(c) That is certainly exists.
(d) That it is an illusion.

13. What is Lewis' state of mind?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Denial.
(d) Agony.

14. When the author rereads his reflections, how does he react?
(a) He asks a friend to edit the work.
(b) He wants to stop his reflections.
(c) He erases the reflections.
(d) He scolds himself.

15. According to the author, what feeling does a dying person experience?
(a) Sorrow to leave one's partner.
(b) Fear of destruction.
(c) Relief that pain will end.
(d) Joy to be going to Heaven.