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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: p. 61-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet wrote about "inscape"?
(a) Robert Browning.
(b) Matthew Arnold.
(c) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(d) G. K. Chesterton.

2. What is a soul that pants for God compared to in a scripture passage that Nicholas quotes on page 71?
(a) A person lost in the desert wanting a drink.
(b) A boy mowing the lawn on a hot day.
(c) A deer panting for streams of water.
(d) A runner desperate for a drink of water.

3. What words does Nicholas use to describe Eric's apartment?
(a) Light and airy.
(b) Messy and unorganized.
(c) Large and cluttered.
(d) Dark and cramped.

4. On Eric's way up the mountain, he passed a boulder with plaques listing the names of people who had died where he was going to climb. How many names were on the plaques?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 62.
(d) 39.

5. What does Nicholas say that he does now instead of rowing?
(a) He runs.
(b) He walks.
(c) He floats.
(d) He swims.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Eric when he nearly died because he would not admit that he could not swim?

2. Who does Nicholas say "scarcely looks ahead; his plans are cautious, few, short-term"?

3. How many of Eric's friends did Nicholas meet when he went to Eric's apartment?

4. How old does Nicholas think Eric might have been in a photo that shows him holding a fish longer than he was?

5. On page 70, what passage of the Bible does Nicholas refer to as a lament in the context of a faith that endures?

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