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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Davy begin praying for Van to have a relationship with God?
(a) She always included Van in her prayers.
(b) She realized he is distant.
(c) She thought it would be better for their relationship.
(d) She knew she would get sicker.

2. Why did Van go to Oxford in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He had a teaching job.
(b) C.S. Lewis told him to come there.
(c) He felt a pull there.
(d) Davy left letters there.

3. What did Van teach at Lynchburg?
(a) English.
(b) Theology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Art History.

4. What book did Van and Davy read together when she came home from the hospital?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Book of Common Prayer.
(c) The Koran.
(d) The Collected Works of C.S. Lewis.

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

6. What does Van realize about how God took Davy?
(a) He was cruel.
(b) He was quick.
(c) He was meaningful.
(d) He was gentle.

7. What did Davy's friends give her after she returned home in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) Blood.
(b) Money.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Food.

8. 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 need a companion.
(d) They are happy as long as they are fed.

9. What did Van realize about his letters to Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He needed to write one a day.
(b) He should publish them.
(c) He had to save them all.
(d) He could not write them anymore.

10. Why does Lewis say the passing of time is necessary?
(a) For learning.
(b) For loving.
(c) For history.
(d) For science.

11. To whom did Van compare Joy?
(a) Job.
(b) Judas.
(c) Lazarus.
(d) Jesus.

12. How did Van describe American's devotion to church?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Passionless.
(d) Promising.

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

14. What upset Van about his letters to Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) She did not want them.
(b) He no longer wrote "you."
(c) They were selfish.
(d) He lost them.

15. 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 that each one must die.
(c) He saw her growing old.
(d) He saw his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "second death" mean?

2. What makes the moments Van reflects on in "The Severe Mercy" imperfect?

3. How did Van end his letters in "The Way of Grief?"

4. What does Van say people must pass through to get to eternity in "The Severe Mercy?"

5. Where did Van leave some of Davy's ashes?

(see the answer keys)

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