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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, to what does the author compare faith?
(a) A game of chess.
(b) A dream state.
(c) A game of bridge.
(d) A mysterious friendship.

2. As Chapter Three begins, what does the author record that he is afraid his grief will turn into?
(a) Dead flatness.
(b) Unending sorrow.
(c) Rage.
(d) Distorted memories of H.

3. What does the author think might have influenced his love for H.?
(a) Egoism.
(b) Reflection of the author's love of God.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) A desire to have children.

4. What does the author suspect is the real answer to reality?
(a) This life is Heaven.
(b) Some shattering simplicity.
(c) There are no real answers.
(d) Reality is a curse.

5. At the beginning of the third chapter, what does the author say is the reason he does not think about H. all the time?
(a) Work and conversation get in the way.
(b) He is writing a book.
(c) His children take up his time.
(d) He tries to distract himself.

6. What action does the author say is useless if God hurts to heal?
(a) Thinking one can reverse any pain.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Trying to heal oneself.
(d) Begging God for tenderness.

7. Who is the source of the author's problem?
(a) The author himself.
(b) God.
(c) H.
(d) Nobody.

8. Why does the author think that Lazarus got a "raw deal"?
(a) Lazarus was a martyr.
(b) Lazarus did not want to rise from the dead.
(c) Lazarus was still ill when he came back to life.
(d) Lazarus had to die twice.

9. Against what were the author's records written?
(a) Losing memory of H.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Total collapse.
(d) Loss of the author's career.

10. What is the author's idea about reunion with the dead?
(a) A verifiable reality.
(b) A source of frustration.
(c) An extrapolation.
(d) A waste of time.

11. At the beginning of Chapter Four, what impossible result does the author admit he thought his records could achieve?
(a) Bring H. back.
(b) Make a map of sorrow.
(c) End the author's grief.
(d) Bring happiness to his children.

12. What does the author finally decide in Chapter Four he must get on with accomplishing?
(a) Following the two great commandments.
(b) Rediscovering happiness.
(c) Continuing his career.
(d) Finishing his book.

13. For the author, what element does praise always contain?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Awe.
(c) Humility.
(d) Joy.

14. What does the author say cannot compare with physical pain?
(a) Death.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Grief.
(d) Fear.

15. What does the author prefer to the "feelings, feelings, feelings"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rational thought.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Work as a distraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the author thinks matters about his anger toward God?

2. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?

3. What does the author think is the worst thing he could wish for H.?

4. Who had recorded some arithmetic in one of the books the author found?

5. Why does the author walk all he can?

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