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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the liturgy used at Eric's funeral composed?
(a) Several years before Eric's death.
(b) A few months before Eric's death.
(c) A few days after Eric's death.
(d) A few weeks before Eric's death.

2. How old was Eric when he nearly died because he would not admit that he could not swim?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

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

4. How many of Eric's friends did Nicholas meet when he went to Eric's apartment?
(a) 5.
(b) 4
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of Eric's thesis?

2. When was there a furious dispute over the future direction of architecture?

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

4. Which of Eric's belongings did the undertaker return that were unscathed?

5. How old was Eric when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicholas believe would be insipid?

2. What does Nicholas conclude when he asks himself if it matters that Eric's thesis was never finished?

3. In what way does the world look different to Nicholas after his son's death?

4. How did Nicholas feel at the graveside?

5. Why would Nicholas get angry with Eric?

6. Why did Nicholas feel that it was a cruel mockery that Eric's backpack and boots were unscathed?

7. Why does Nicholas say that the family took Eric for granted?

8. Why does Nicholas say that Eric's body was his to claim?

9. What does Nicholas not want to hear as he grieves?

10. What things remind Nicholas that Eric is gone?

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