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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Joy dying of?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Bone cancer.
(d) Old age.
2. How does C.S. Lewis describe Van and Davy's decision to not have children?
(a) An excuse.
(b) An error.
(c) A result of fear.
(d) A catastrophe.
3. What did Van see when he envisioned all the "Davies" he had known after she died?
(a) He saw that each one must die.
(b) He saw how she had been sick all along.
(c) He saw his own life.
(d) He saw her growing old.
4. What makes the moments Van reflects on in "The Severe Mercy" imperfect?
(a) People are not perfect.
(b) Memory tainted them.
(c) Time affected them.
(d) Hatred is everywhere.
5. What disease did C.S. Lewis suffer from?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Depression.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Van feel when he saw Davy study the Bible in "The Barrier Breached?"
2. What did Davy say about Van's letters in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
3. Why did Van and Davy name their house "Mole End?"
4. What does Van say people must pass through to get to eternity in "The Severe Mercy?"
5. What book did Van and Davy read together when she came home from the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shocked Van about Virginia after staying at Oxford?
2. What did Davy do when she returned home after being in the hospital?
3. How did Lewis respond to Van's attempt to disown Christ in "The Way of Grief?"
4. How did Van compare seeing the "Davies" to a novel?
5. What does Van's poem about Halloween say?
6. What happened to Joy's health?
7. In "The Severe Mercy," what did Van realize would happen if Davy had not died?
8. What made Van stop writing letters to Davy?
9. Why did Van become jealous of Davy's religious practices in "The Barrier Breached?"
10. Why was Davy's death described as a "severe mercy?"
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