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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author in the Bible wrote that someone who dies is like a cloud that vanishes?
(a) David.
(b) Paul.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Job.

2. For how many seconds did Nicholas feel the peace of resignation after learning of Eric's death?
(a) 2 seconds.
(b) 3 seconds.
(c) 5 seconds.
(d) 10 seconds.

3. Who insisted on seeing Eric's body?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

4. What is man compared to in Job 14: 1-2?
(a) Birds and animals.
(b) Weeds and grass.
(c) Flower and shadow.
(d) Clouds and rain.

5. How old was Eric when he died?
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

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

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

8. Who said tears would make "a pillow for my heart"?
(a) James the Just.
(b) Clement.
(c) Ignatius of Antioch.
(d) Augustine.

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

10. For whom was the liturgy used at Eric's funeral originally written?
(a) A friend whose son committed suicide.
(b) A friend whose child died in infancy.
(c) A friend suffering from brain cancer.
(d) A friend suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

11. Who did Nicholas meet with after he returned from Europe?
(a) A co-worker.
(b) His pastor.
(c) A friend.
(d) His family.

12. On page 47, to what did memories lead Nicholas?
(a) Pain.
(b) Trust.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what subjects of study did Eric excel?

2. What does Nicholas say withers and what remains?

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

4. In Eric's thesis, what person was he especially interested in writing about?

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

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