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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. On page 56, what did a friend remark about grief?
(a) It scores the soul.
(b) It isolates.
(c) It separates.
(d) It divides.

2. What does every act of evil extract from God?
(a) A sob.
(b) A tear.
(c) Consolation.
(d) Comfort.

3. Where was Jesus when he spoke words of comfort to his disciples?
(a) Nazareth.
(b) A fishing boat on the Red Sea.
(c) A hill in Galilee.
(d) Jerusalem.

4. On page 87, what does Nicholas say that God wanted to experience with man because of his great love for mankind?
(a) Total absurdity of death.
(b) Peace.
(c) Man's deepest sorrows.
(d) Joy.

5. How do the Biblical writers describe mankind?
(a) Made in the image of God.
(b) A little lower than the angels.
(c) Sinful and lost.
(d) Deceitful and desperately wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 66, what did a friend say he saw during Eric's funeral?

2. Where is it written "Why do you permit yourself to suffer, O God? If the death of the devout costs you dear, why do you permit it?"

3. On page 61, in what type of land does Nicholas find it difficult to sing?

4. What metaphor does Nicholas use on page 76 to refer to faith?

5. On page 64, what does Nicholas feel when he looks back at times when Eric was alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 8, what is said about what it means to be human?

2. How does Nicholas explain why suffering happens?

3. What will Nicholas do rather than turn away from death?

4. Why did the ordinariness bother Nicholas when he walked into a store?

5. Why does Nicholas say that his loss is Eric's as well?

6. Is there a firm answer to why humans suffer?

7. Why does Nicholas think the death of a child is so painful?

8. What has Nicholas become in the world since Eric's death?

9. What are the worst days for Nicholas now that Eric is gone?

10. In what respects does man mirror God?

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