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

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

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

4. On Eric's way up the mountain, he passed a boulder with plaques listing the names of people who had died where he was going to climb. How many names were on the plaques?
(a) 39.
(b) 50.
(c) 62.
(d) 45.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is man compared to in Job 14: 1-2?

2. Now that Eric is gone, what does Nicholas say there is in the world now, on page 33?

3. What words does Nicholas use to describe Eric's apartment?

4. How many times had the special cloth been used before at other funerals?

5. In the dispute over the future direction of architecture, what styles did the winners of the debate promote?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the funeral help Nicholas' soul rest?

3. What was Eric's thesis to explore?

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

5. What was Eric's educational background?

6. Describe the liturgy used at Eric's funeral.

7. What does Nicholas say should be said or done with someone who is suffering?

8. Why is it necessary for some to see the body of the one who died?

9. What was the history behind the liturgy that was used at Eric's funeral?

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

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