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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. What does the author conclude in Chapter Three was the purpose of his earlier rage against God?
(a) To manipulate God.
(b) To help the author redefine his idea of God.
(c) To strike back at God.
(d) To know the unknowable.

2. With what same quality does the author think his love for H. shared?
(a) The author's faith in God.
(b) The author's love for his children.
(c) The author's intellect.
(d) The beauty of nature.

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

4. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?
(a) Courage.
(b) Love.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Fear.

5. What effect did the author's experience of H. have on him?
(a) It restored his faith in God.
(b) It left him wanting H. even more.
(c) It was like a spring cleaning of the mind.
(d) It assured him that she continued.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean if there is a good God, according to the author?

2. For whose sake was the author's plea, "Come back"?

3. In Chapter Four, what does the author suddenly feel walking through nature?

4. What does the author suspect is the real answer to reality?

5. What does the author consider might be "only one more house of cards"?

Short Essay Questions

1. At nearly the end of the book, what kind of answer does Lewis receive from God? Briefly, explain what the answer means.

2. What does Lewis mean when he writes about a house of cards?

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

4. What is the difference between how Lewis earlier understood biblical consolations and how he came to understand them?

5. In addition to a sword, what other metaphor does Lewis use to describe H. to establish a balanced view?

6. Why does Lewis think that H.'s physical anguish might not have ended when she died? What images does Lewis use when reflecting on what happens to H. after she died?

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

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

9. At the beginning of Chapter Three, when does Lewis acknowledge that he does not think about H.? What is life like when Lewis is not thinking about H.?

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

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