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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hope did not console Nicholas?
(a) Hope of seeing Eric again.
(b) Hope in life after death.
(c) Hope of the resurrection.
(d) Hope that God had a plan.

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

3. What book does Nicholas say affirms the goodness of creation?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Psalms.
(c) The Proverbs.
(d) The Book of John.

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

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

6. What elements did Nicholas believe would comfort him?
(a) The words of Jesus Christ.
(b) The gospel.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) The book of Ecclesiastes.

7. What was the final hymn at Eric's funeral?
(a) Abide With Me.
(b) Great is Thy Faithfulness.
(c) For All the Saints.
(d) How Great Thou Art.

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

9. Now that Eric is gone, what does Nicholas say there is in the world now, on page 33?
(a) A hole.
(b) A darkness.
(c) A lack of faith.
(d) A lack of peace.

10. What did Eric's landlady say he loved more than anything?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Art.
(c) Cathedrals.
(d) Friends.

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

12. What did Nicholas experience after his brief moment of resignation?
(a) Cold burning pain.
(b) A terrible feeling of loss.
(c) Deep sorrow.
(d) Extreme anger.

13. Where did Eric spend many days in the last months of his life?
(a) A small church.
(b) The buildings in the School of Architecture.
(c) A friend's apartment.
(d) The library.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sacrament was celebrated at the funeral?

2. On page 30, what does Nicholas say was found in Eric's apartment?

3. Who does Nicholas say looks neither behind nor ahead because her humanity is just beginning?

4. What passage from the Bible does Nicholas quote that says, "The grass withers, the flower fades"?

5. What did Claire read at the funeral?

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