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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. In the first chapter, what does the author say is the most "disquieting symptom"?
(a) When he turns his back on his friends.
(b) His ability to continue working.
(c) Wondering where God is.
(d) His deep depression.

2. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"
(a) Jesus.
(b) A friend.
(c) The author.
(d) H.

3. In Chapter Two, of whom does the author decide he needs to think more?
(a) Himself.
(b) His children.
(c) God.
(d) H.

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

5. Who is H.?
(a) A friend from the author's past.
(b) The author's wife.
(c) A faculty member.
(d) The author's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the very end of the second chapter, to what or whom does the author compare himself?

2. What, if any, were H.'s last words?

3. What theory about God does the author dismiss?

4. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

5. Who has just died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do consoling people tell Lewis about where H. is after her death? How does Lewis interpret these attempts to console him?

2. Lewis turns to C. with questions about God. How does C. respond to Lewis's thoughts?

3. 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?

4. How did Lewis feel years ago about a friend's life after death? Contrast that experience with the way that Lewis experiences H. after her death?

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

6. 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.?

7. What does Lewis describe as so tragic about H.'s "noble hunger"?

8. How does Lewis think people react when they encounter him?

9. What does Lewis find so horrifying about the man he encountered who was tending to his mother's grave? What does Lewis's reaction to the man mean for Lewis's feelings about H.?

10. What impresses Lewis about his realization of the man he had not seen for 10 years and Lewis's actual memories of the man?

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