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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. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?
2. How many books does the author use to record his reflections?
3. What do Bridge-players tell the author makes the game serious?
4. In Chapter Three, to what does the author compare faith?
5. What does the author say is the Lord's "grand enterprise"?
Short Essay Questions
1. For Lewis, why is a good God as formidable as God, the Cosmic Sadist? Describe the differences between the two ideas.
2. How does Lewis admit that he goes about restoring his faith?
3. What is the difference between how Lewis felt at the beginning of the book and how he feels at the end of his reflections?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter Three, what does Lewis come to see about his love for H. and his faith in God?
6. What does Lewis write that his notes ultimately have been about?
7. 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?
8. How does the consolation that previously so wearied Lewis, "She is in God's hands", strike Lewis by the last chapter?
9. What is an imperfect religious image with which Lewis is familiar? What is Lewis's reflection on this image?
10. What human conditions does Lewis admit that he can never fully examine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis begins his reflections in the midst of great pain. His wife, H., has died. Describe three examples of Lewis's pain, as he describes it throughout the book.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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