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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) We need to share it with others.
(b) It pulls us toward it.
(c) We barely notice it.
(d) We run from it.

2. Who has just died?
(a) The author's wife.
(b) The author's neighbor.
(c) The author's best friend.
(d) The author's mother.

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

4. Whose suffering troubles the author the most?
(a) His parents'.
(b) H.'s
(c) His children's.
(d) His own.

5. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?
(a) He will be persuaded.
(b) He will assume the speaker does not understand.
(c) He will be consoled.
(d) He will argue from Scripture.

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

7. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?
(a) Contracting it oneself.
(b) Living with it.
(c) When death finally comes.
(d) Studying about the disease.

8. What does the author conclude about the way that lovers feel about the other one's death?
(a) The feelings are complementary.
(b) The feelings are in opposition.
(c) The feelings are exactly the same.
(d) The feelings are overpowering.

9. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?
(a) Her detachment.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her wisdom.
(d) Her love for their children.

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

11. Where is Jesus's agony on the cross recorded?
(a) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(b) A Grief Observed.
(c) One of the author's textbooks.
(d) The Bible.

12. In what sense does the author agree that H. is with God, as some friends say?
(a) Like God, H. responds to prayer.
(b) Like God, the author must believe H. exists without proof.
(c) Like God, H. is all-knowing.
(d) Like God, H. is unimaginable.

13. How long does the author think his suffering will last?
(a) As long as it must.
(b) Not much longer.
(c) For about a year.
(d) Forever.

14. In Chapter Two, what does the author say is one more name for death?
(a) Time.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Religion.
(d) Grief.

15. What happens when the author tries to remember H.'s face?
(a) His memory is crystal clear.
(b) He cannot recall what she looked like.
(c) He sees her as if she is still alive.
(d) Her face is not clear.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare clinging to the memory of one who has died?

2. What does the author state causes human beings to regard God falsely?

3. How does Lewis begin his reflections?

4. Who causes the author the most confusion?

5. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?

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