A Severe Mercy Test | Final Test - Easy

Sheldon Vanauken
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Severe Mercy Test | Final Test - Easy

Sheldon Vanauken
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What flower did Van decide to bring Davy every day she was in the hospital?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Roses.
(d) Carnations.

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

4. How does C.S. Lewis describe Van and Davy's decision to not have children?
(a) An excuse.
(b) A result of fear.
(c) An error.
(d) A catastrophe.

5. Where did Jane come from when she visited Van and Davy?
(a) California.
(b) England.
(c) India.
(d) Washington, DC.

6. 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 his own life.
(d) He saw her growing old.

7. Where did Davy work when she lived in Virginia?
(a) A school.
(b) A bank.
(c) A library.
(d) An accounting firm.

8. Who said "all shall be most well" in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) Davy.
(b) The hospital nurses.
(c) Julian.
(d) Van.

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

10. Who says Davy's death is a severe mercy?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Van.
(c) Davy's sister.
(d) A newspaper.

11. How did Van greet Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He was too afraid to move.
(b) With a kiss.
(c) With a handshake.
(d) With a hug.

12. What does Lewis say is most important about eternity in "The Severe Mercy?"
(a) Being with God.
(b) Seeing Davy again.
(c) Being free of time.
(d) Getting to know everything.

13. Where did Van and Davy pray in the country cemetery in "The Barrier Breached?"
(a) Under a tree.
(b) On a wood bench.
(c) Inside a catacomb.
(d) At a stone cross.

14. How many people did Van tell the doctor were praying for Davy in "The Deathly Snows?"
(a) One.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

15. Why did Van borrow back the letters Davy wrote to her friends?
(a) To bury them with her.
(b) To look for signs she loved him.
(c) To burn.
(d) To form a collection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Davy write a poem for in "The Barrier Breached?"

2. Why did Davy pray for herself to live just one more year?

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

4. What does C.S. Lewis tell Van about love in "The Severe Mercy?"

5. Who was Joy Davidman?

(see the answer keys)

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