3. How does the author close the second chapter?
(a) With eager hope.
(b) With prayer.
(c) With surrender to the grief.
(d) Without optimism.

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

5. What is the only thing, according to the author, that tests the reality of a belief?
(a) Marriage.
(b) A real risk.
(c) Love.
(d) Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?

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

3. According to the author, what feeling does a dying person experience?

4. What is the "state" of heaven, according to the author?

5. What is H.'s real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before H. died, In what ways is Lewis aware of the distinction between himself and H.?

2. What aspects of religion is Lewis glad to discuss? What aspect of religion is Lewis not willing to accept?

3. How does Lewis try to convince himself that he does not mind H.'s death? Provide examples of the things that Lewis tells himself.

4. H.'s absence is most evident to Lewis in his body. How does Lewis experience his own body in his grief?

5. What was so striking and disturbing about Lewis's encounter with the man he had not seen for 10 years? What image comes to Lewis's mind about memories of H.?

6. Does Lewis have trouble believing that God exists? Explain.

7. In Chapter One, Lewis reflects upon marriage, religion and God. What is one thing that Lewis admits that marriage has done for him?

8. In what ways does Lewis reflect a mother who has lost her child can and cannot find comfort? For what does a mother mourn in that situation?

9. Lewis begins to ask a question that becomes central to his reflections. What "disquieting symptom" introduces itself to Lewis in Chapter One?

10. What does Lewis mean by the term "live" as it relates to H.'s memory?

(see the answer keys)

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