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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When it comes to grief, what people need to be corrected eventually and gently?
(a) People who can no longer love.
(b) People who have no faith.
(c) People who believe things are more awful than they really are.
(d) People who have become embittered.

2. What was placed on the coffin after the opening words of the liturgy?
(a) A shroud.
(b) Eric's favorite books.
(c) Flowers.
(d) An old sweatshirt Eric loved.

3. Where did Eric die?
(a) Kaisergebirger.
(b) Volderdorf.
(c) Hinterdorf.
(d) Kaiserhaus.

4. In what city was Eric born?
(a) Boston.
(b) Hartford.
(c) New York.
(d) New Haven.

5. What did Eric spend much of one summer helping to rebuild?
(a) Fences.
(b) Houses of tornado victims.
(c) Farm buildings.
(d) House of hurricane victims.

6. What was the weather like on the night Eric was born?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Clear.
(d) Rainy.

7. How many times had the special cloth been used before at other funerals?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Never.

8. What does Nicholas say that he had to fly across to retrieve Eric's body?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The United States.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Europe.

9. Who composed the liturgy used at Eric's funeral?
(a) Claire.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) A friend.
(d) Eric's sister.

10. What was read at the grave site?
(a) John 14.
(b) Book of Common Prayer.
(c) Proverbs.
(d) Psalms.

11. In what city was Eric's apartment?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

12. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?
(a) Hope.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Remembering.

13. What became Eric's major?
(a) Computer science.
(b) Art history.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

14. If Eric's life was a gift, what does Nicholas say he and his family must resist?
(a) Pain.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was the liturgy used at Eric's funeral originally written?

2. Who said tears would make "a pillow for my heart"?

3. Who did Nicholas meet with after he returned from Europe?

4. What did Eric spend summers doing while in college?

5. What color hair did Eric have?

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