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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: p. 28-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of all of the things to do when comforting someone who is in pain because of grief, what is the greatest thing to do?
(a) Listen to the one who is hurting.
(b) Love.
(c) Hug.
(d) Acknowledge the grief.

2. What time did Nicholas receive the call that his son had died?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

3. As creatures of God, what does Nicholas say man should not yearn for?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Timeless disembodiment.
(c) Eternity.
(d) The life hereafter.

4. Who was on the plane that Nicholas took to Europe?
(a) Businessmen who were drinking heavily.
(b) A boisterous tour group.
(c) Youths going to Europe for the first time.
(d) Families with small children.

5. When death is seen as a slicing of what God declared to be, then what is death?
(a) A dark pit.
(b) The enemy.
(c) A friend.
(d) A deep despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas say that a friend's tears are to his wounds?

2. What type of trees were releasing their seeds when Eric was laid to rest?

3. What did Eric's landlady say he loved more than anything?

4. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?

5. Who insisted on seeing Eric's body?

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