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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Two, what does the author think about his reflections?
(a) That God will answer all of the author's questions.
(b) That he is growing closer to God.
(c) That the author is close to understanding why his wife died.
(d) They are senseless.

2. In Chapter Three, to what does the author compare grief?
(a) A game of Bridge.
(b) A bomber circling round and round.
(c) A lost friendship.
(d) A veterinarian.

3. Who said, "Why have you forsaken me?"
(a) A friend.
(b) H.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The author.

4. What benefit might the author enjoy by praising God?
(a) Enoying H.
(b) Closeness with his children.
(c) Acceptance of H.'s passing.
(d) Peace of mind.

5. Who has just died?
(a) The author's wife.
(b) The author's best friend.
(c) The author's neighbor.
(d) The author's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what emotion does grief remind the author?

2. What quality best characterizes the author's reflections?

3. What does the author consider might be "only one more house of cards"?

4. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?

5. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?

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