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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 say can shatter the author's idea of God?
(a) If the author changes his idea.
(b) God Himself.
(c) Religious reflections.
(d) Scripture.

2. How many books does the author use to record his reflections?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

3. What do Bridge-players tell the author makes the game serious?
(a) Friends gathering.
(b) Money.
(c) Concentration.
(d) Nothing makes Bridge serious.

4. Why does the author walk all he can?
(a) To work off his frustration.
(b) So he can go to bed tired.
(c) For his physical health.
(d) To avoid his feelings.

5. What metaphor does the author use to describe grief in the beginning of the fourth chapter?
(a) A broken trolley.
(b) A hopeless child.
(c) A long, winding valley.
(d) A house of cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose do images of H. serve for the author?

2. By Chapter Four, how many gains does the author claim to have made?

3. What does the author think might have influenced his faith in God?

4. What does the author say cannot compare with physical pain?

5. What kinds of mortal questions does the author think that God cannot answer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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.?

4. What is the difference between how Lewis felt at the beginning of the book and how he feels at the end of his reflections?

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

6. How does the consolation that previously so wearied Lewis, "She is in God's hands", strike Lewis by the last chapter?

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

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

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

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