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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What pseudonym did the author use?
2. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?
3. For whom has the author had no difficulty praying?
4. What, if any, were H.'s last words?
5. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Lewis "appalled" when he read what he has written in the first chapter?
2. Lewis is surprised about the way that grief intrudes upon his daily responsibilities. What are some symptoms Lewis experiences about the laziness of grief?
3. What does Lewis think that he can say about H.'s continuing? Why is it important for Lewis to work out the issue of where H. is?
4. What is it about cancer that prompts some of Lewis' reflections?
5. What does Lewis describe as so tragic about H.'s "noble hunger"?
6. Describe some people whom Lewis thinks are having negative reactions to Lewis and his grief?
7. In Chapter One, Lewis reflects upon marriage, religion and God. What is one thing that Lewis admits that marriage has done for him?
8. What aspects of religion is Lewis glad to discuss? What aspect of religion is Lewis not willing to accept?
9. H.'s absence is most evident to Lewis in his body. How does Lewis experience his own body in his grief?
10. In what ways does Lewis describe H.'s "noble hunger"? Describe the ways that H.'s "noble hunger" displayed itself in H.'s approach.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis offers a passage in Chapter Four that is full of similes. Describe the passage, referring to the similes. What does the moment Lewis describes mean? How does it reveal Lewis's progression through deep pain and sorrow? What is noticeably different from Lewis's reflections earlier in the book, especially the first two chapters?
Essay Topic 2
Select three reflections that either resonated with your beliefs or that you had trouble comprehending or believing. Reflect on each one. Be precise when you refer to the selected reflections. Explain what captured your attention about each reflection. Discuss how each reflection might affect you. Also describe how or how not, the book as a whole might have meaning in your life.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter Four, Lewis describes two enormous gains that relate to God and to H. Describe those gains. Why does Lewis not call them "lasting" gains? For all that he gained, what does Lewis chide himself for as far as his earlier desires were concerned? How does recognition of these gains come to Lewis? Use Lewis's poetic description of how they do, and do not, come into view.
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