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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Van get his students into a lively debate in "The Barrier Breached?"
(a) They discussed money.
(b) They discussed scientific theory.
(c) They discussed marriage.
(d) They discussed rhetoric.

2. How long are the events Van reflects on in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) Each lasts only ten minutes.
(b) Some are just flashes.
(c) They feel like an eternity.
(d) They end very quickly.

3. Why did Van want to reject Christ in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) He was angry about losing Davy.
(b) He did not get a second sign for God.
(c) He found out Lewis lied to him.
(d) He believed more in Buddhism.

4. What did Van see when he envisioned all the "Davies" he had known after she died?
(a) He saw how she had been sick all along.
(b) He saw her growing old.
(c) He saw his own life.
(d) He saw that each one must die.

5. What did Jane and Van discuss after Davy went to bed?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Davy's health.
(d) God.

6. Why does C.S. Lewis say Davy's death had to happen?
(a) For the good of Van.
(b) For God to make a point.
(c) Because the devil exists.
(d) Because it is unavoidable.

7. Why did C.S. Lewis say men are like dogs?
(a) They follow a master.
(b) They are too loyal to the pack.
(c) They are happy as long as they are fed.
(d) They need a companion.

8. What did Davy have with her in the hospital when she returned the second time?
(a) Julian's Bible.
(b) One of Van's poems.
(c) Jane's letters.
(d) One of her paintings.

9. What did Van compare seeing all the "Davies" to?
(a) A song.
(b) A novel.
(c) A poem.
(d) A portrait.

10. Who was Joy Davidman?
(a) A teacher at Oxford.
(b) Davy's sister.
(c) Van's friend.
(d) C.S. Lewis' wife.

11. What did C.S. Lewis believe about an omniscient God?
(a) Everything has a purpose.
(b) No one knows their future.
(c) Everyone is good inside.
(d) Nothing is on purpose.

12. What did the gust of wind in "The Way of Grief" make Van think of?
(a) Davy's hair.
(b) Change.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Sailing.

13. How did Van start a social group in Virginia like the one he had at Oxford?
(a) He called C.S. Lewis.
(b) He had Davy invite friends over.
(c) He put up posters.
(d) He invited a student over.

14. Where is Ladywood located?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) England.

15. What does Van say would have made him hate God in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) Davy's illness.
(b) God's inability of sending signs to Van.
(c) Davy's relationship with God.
(d) Van's recent study of Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davy do in "Epilogue: The Second Death" when Van first saw her?

2. Why did Van go to Oxford in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

3. Why did Van borrow back the letters Davy wrote to her friends?

4. What did Van do when he heard Davy's pulse was slowing?

5. How did Van describe American's devotion to church?

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