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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 Chapter Three, to what does the author compare faith?
(a) A dream state.
(b) A game of bridge.
(c) A mysterious friendship.
(d) A game of chess.

2. What practical problem did H.'s death solve?
(a) It bridged the author's distance from God.
(b) The author learned how to confront his own mortality.
(c) The author cannot put her ahead of God.
(d) The author learned how to cope with grief.

3. What kind of "no answer" does the author get from God by the fourth chapter?
(a) A silent gaze.
(b) A complete answer.
(c) A locked door.
(d) Absolutely no response.

4. What will happen every time the author builds a new house of cards?
(a) The author will continue what he is doing.
(b) The author will stop what he is doing.
(c) God will knock it down.
(d) The author will grow closer to God.

5. What does the author think that H. would have thought must happen to weak faith?
(a) That weak faith has to grow stronger.
(b) Religion must build up such faith.
(c) That such faith must be knocked down.
(d) That such faith must be held closely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is one of the miracles of love?

2. How does the author say that people react to someone in a room with them?

3. How many hours of healthy sleep did the author finally get in Chapter Three?

4. To what does the author compare physical pain?

5. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?

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 feelings follow from Lewis's experiences when he is not thinking about H.? How is his feeling related to his grief?

3. How does Lewis admit that he goes about restoring his faith?

4. What does Lewis mean when he writes that he can believe that God is a vet? Conversely, how is it difficult for Lewis to think of God as a vet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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