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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. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?
(a) The mind never suffers.
(b) The body is stronger than the mind.
(c) Because God made it that way.
(d) The mind is capable of evasion.

2. What does the author finally decide in Chapter Four he must get on with accomplishing?
(a) Rediscovering happiness.
(b) Finishing his book.
(c) Following the two great commandments.
(d) Continuing his career.

3. At the beginning of the third chapter, what does the author say is the reason he does not think about H. all the time?
(a) He is writing a book.
(b) He tries to distract himself.
(c) Work and conversation get in the way.
(d) His children take up his time.

4. What important personal process does the author begin in the course of Chapter Three?
(a) Rebuiilding his faith.
(b) Leaving his career.
(c) Writing another book.
(d) Moving to a new home.

5. How must God be approached?
(a) As One who shares in human suffering.
(b) As the means.
(c) As the road.
(d) As the goal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was another time when the author enjoyed rambling walks?

2. In Chapter Four, what does the author decide loving H. is like?

3. In Chapter Four, what did the author say he finally experienced about H.?

4. What does the author say is the Lord's "grand enterprise"?

5. What can the author's grief and memories never achieve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hopeful similes does Lewis use to describe a moment he experiences one night?

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

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

4. What does Lewis write that his notes ultimately have been about?

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

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

7. What enormous gain in his sense of God and of H. has Lewis made by the fourth chapter?

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

9. 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.?

10. At the beginning of Chapter Four, why does Lewis decide that he will not fill more than four journals?

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