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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: p. 92-103.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What types of days can Nicholas, on page 61, say he can manage?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Work days.
(d) Routine.

3. What type of questions make Nicholas wince?
(a) Questions about his well being.
(b) Innocent questions.
(c) Probing questions.
(d) Questions about his family.

4. What instruments were played at the funeral?
(a) Piano and organ.
(b) Harp and violin.
(c) Cello and recorder.
(d) Trumpet and flute.

5. What did Claire read at the funeral?
(a) Song of Hannah.
(b) Psalm 27.
(c) Psalm 23.
(d) John 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Biblical writers describe mankind?

2. What difficulty did a colleague of Nicholas say, "he would not have missed...for the life of him"?

3. What music of Brahms does Nicholas try to play?

4. Of all of the things to do when comforting someone who is in pain because of grief, what is the greatest thing to do?

5. Who said, "Be calm. "Disengage yourself. Neither laugh nor weep"?

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