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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nicholas say "scarcely looks ahead; his plans are cautious, few, short-term"?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A new father.
(c) A groom.
(d) An old person.

2. What does Nicholas say that a friend's tears are to his wounds?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Love.
(c) Salt.
(d) Salve.

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

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

5. In what subjects of study did Eric excel?
(a) Accounting and business.
(b) English and history.
(c) Physics and calculus.
(d) Science and math.

6. What was the subject of Eric's thesis?
(a) The history of computer science.
(b) The influence of corporations on the modern computer.
(c) Architecture and the Renaissance.
(d) Modern architecture.

7. Which of Eric's belongings did the undertaker return that were unscathed?
(a) Boots and backpack.
(b) Climbing harness and carabiners.
(c) Watch and compass.
(d) Pulleys and pitons.

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

9. What author does Nicholas quote, who says that "No man is an island"?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Ben Jonson.
(c) Edmund Waller.
(d) Francis Bacon.

10. Who told Eric's friends that he had died?
(a) Eric's pastor.
(b) Bernhard.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Eric's landlady.

11. What mountain did Eric plan to climb later that summer?
(a) Nadelhorn.
(b) Matterhorn.
(c) Elbrus.
(d) Eiger.

12. 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) Hug.
(c) Acknowledge the grief.
(d) Love.

13. What type of spices did Eric have in his cupboard?
(a) Indonesian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

14. What did one of Eric's brothers place on the coffin?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Daisies.

15. What day of the week did Nicholas receive the call that his son died?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When death is seen as a slicing of what God declared to be, then what is death?

3. For how many seconds did Nicholas feel the peace of resignation after learning of Eric's death?

4. What day of the week did Eric die?

5. What does Nicholas remember lifting Eric from when he was born?

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