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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the difference between the author's and H.'s sufferings?
(a) They were very different experiences.
(b) One of them did not suffer at all.
(c) The experiences changed all the time without warning.
(d) There was no difference.

2. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) It pulls us toward it.
(b) We need to share it with others.
(c) We barely notice it.
(d) We run from it.

3. What does the author conclude about the way that lovers feel about the other one's death?
(a) The feelings are complementary.
(b) The feelings are exactly the same.
(c) The feelings are in opposition.
(d) The feelings are overpowering.

4. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?
(a) He cannot enter into her experience of dying.
(b) She cannot come home from the hospital.
(c) He thinks she will not miss him.
(d) He cannot express his fears to her.

5. What disease took both of the author's parents?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Old age.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?

2. Who is H.?

3. Who causes the author the most confusion?

4. What is Lewis' state of mind?

5. What happens when the author tries to remember H.'s face?

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