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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?
(a) A friend.
(b) A minister.
(c) God.
(d) Lewis' son.
2. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) History.
(b) Friends.
(c) Nature.
(d) God.
3. What pseudonym did the author use?
(a) J. R. R. Tolkien.
(b) C. S. Lewis.
(c) Joy Gresham.
(d) N. W. Clerk.
4. The day after the author's rant in Chapter Two, what does he ask himself about God?
(a) If he has found acceptance that H. is gone.
(b) If God can return H. to life.
(c) If it's rational to believe in a bad God.
(d) Whether or not God exists.
5. What does Lewis think people who grieve should do?
(a) Grit their teeth and get on with life.
(b) Talk to their pastors.
(c) Remove themselves from society.
(d) Talk freely about their pain.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?
2. Rather than relying upon his memory of his wife, what does the author want?
3. Where is Jesus's agony on the cross recorded?
4. What is H.'s real name?
5. Whose suffering troubles the author the most?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Lewis decided to record his reflections to get all his feelings and thoughts out. What does Lewis reflect might be a downside to his journal?
3. In Chapter Two, how does Lewis introduce the idea of faith? When does Lewis determine that one's beliefs are ultimately tested?
4. What does Lewis mean by the term "live" as it relates to H.'s memory?
5. H.'s absence is most evident to Lewis in his body. How does Lewis experience his own body in his grief?
6. Does Lewis have trouble believing that God exists? Explain.
7. What is it about cancer that prompts some of Lewis' reflections?
8. What was the most precious gift that marriage to H. had given Lewis? What is Lewis afraid will happen to that gift?
9. Why can Lewis not talk to his children about their mother?
10. Lewis is surprised about the way that grief intrudes upon his daily responsibilities. What are some symptoms Lewis experiences about the laziness of grief?
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