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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?
(a) For them to come back to life.
(b) For them to report what Heaven is like.
(c) To have conversations with them.
(d) For them to wait for their loved ones.

5. What did H. say so often?
(a) "I will always love you."
(b) "Alone into the alone."
(c) "C'est la vie."
(d) 'Don't let me die."

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality did the author admire so much about H.?

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

3. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?

4. According to the author, if he searched the universe for H., what would happen?

5. According to the author, what would happen if two lovers died at the exact some moment?

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