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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 third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?
(a) God continues to "temper her."
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) She is perfected in God's eyes.
(d) She has become an angel.

2. What does it mean if there is a good God, according to the author?
(a) Human suffering is unnecessary.
(b) Suffering is a human invention.
(c) Human suffering is necessary.
(d) Human beings do not suffer.

3. How many hours of healthy sleep did the author finally get in Chapter Three?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

4. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?
(a) To restore the author's past.
(b) Because the author is selfish.
(c) So the author's children will have their mother.
(d) To prove that God is all-powerful.

5. About what/whom have the author's notes been throughout the book?
(a) Only about H.
(b) God, the author, and H.
(c) Only about the author.
(d) The author's children and God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thinking so much about his grief causes the author to doubt what?

2. What does the author think about people who are not offended by iconoclasm?

3. What does the author ask if he is doing with his fallen house of cards?

4. What metaphor does the author use to describe grief in the beginning of the fourth chapter?

5. Why does the author think that Lazarus got a "raw deal"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lewis's reflections about images in the fourth chapter?

2. What does Lewis reflect can withstand suffering better, the body or the mind? Briefly explain.

3. For Lewis, why is a good God as formidable as God, the Cosmic Sadist? Describe the differences between the two ideas.

4. What does Lewis want when it comes to reality vs. ideas about reality?

5. What is an imperfect religious image with which Lewis is familiar? What is Lewis's reflection on this image?

6. What does Lewis mean when he writes that all reality is iconoclastic? How does this statement relate to Lewis's thoughts about his love for H.?

7. Toward what does Lewis turn when he becomes overwhelmed by feelings?

8. In what way does Lewis's previous acceptance of death and mourning alter with H.'s death?

9. What choices does Lewis think that people have when it comes to their ideas about God?

10. What signs are there that Lewis is beginning to come out of his depression?

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