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

2. What words does Nicholas use to describe Eric's apartment?
(a) Light and airy.
(b) Messy and unorganized.
(c) Large and cluttered.
(d) Dark and cramped.

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

4. What time did Nicholas receive the call that his son had died?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 1:30 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 3:30 p.m.

5. How old does Nicholas think Eric might have been in a photo that shows him holding a fish longer than he was?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?

2. What did Nicholas and his family decide to do with Eric's belongings?

3. When was the liturgy used at Eric's funeral composed?

4. What elements did Nicholas believe would comfort him?

5. Where were Nicholas and Eric when Eric wondered how he could know there is a God?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nicholas learn that his son died?

2. What things remind Nicholas that Eric is gone?

3. When was Eric born and when did he die?

4. What was Eric's educational background?

5. Why would Nicholas get angry with Eric?

6. Why is there a hole in Nicholas' world after Eric's death?

7. What sacrament was celebrated at Eric's funeral?

8. What does Nicholas believe would be insipid?

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

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

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