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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicholas say withers and what remains?
(a) The grass withers and the weeds remain.
(b) The flower withers and the effects remain.
(c) The fruit withers and the seeds remain.
(d) The body withers and its belongings remain.

2. What type of books were on a table in Eric's apartment?
(a) Architectural books.
(b) Art and mountaineering books.
(c) Books on pottery.
(d) Bibles and devotionals.

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

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

5. Where were Nicholas and Eric when Eric wondered how he could know there is a God?
(a) In Eric's bedroom.
(b) Taking a walk.
(c) At the park.
(d) In the car.

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

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

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

9. What does Nicholas say that a friend's silence is to his wounds?
(a) Salt.
(b) Love.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Lotion.

10. What did Eric give up because it did not fit his plans?
(a) Illustrating.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Potting.

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

12. What color hair did Eric have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Blond.
(d) Black.

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

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

15. What sacrament was celebrated at the funeral?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Eucharist.
(c) Confirmation.
(d) Absolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made a special cloth used during the funeral?

2. What was the weather like when Nicholas received the call that Eric died?

3. Who was on the plane that Nicholas took to Europe?

4. On page 47, to what did memories lead Nicholas?

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

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