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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?
(a) Lewis' son.
(b) A minister.
(c) God.
(d) A friend.

3. What does the author think about a God who has created a world of so much beauty?
(a) Such a God can do anything He chooses.
(b) Suffering is necessary to balance the beauty.
(c) Such a God could not give people senseless pain.
(d) Such a God is not interested in human suffering.

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

5. At the very end of the second chapter, to what or whom does the author compare himself?
(a) The Prodigal Son.
(b) Job.
(c) A ship missing an engine.
(d) A missing link.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

2. By the end of the second chapter, what does the author think about human contemplation of God?

3. In the second chapter, what person does the author come to realize he had little confidence in?

4. Who quoted to the author, "Do not mourn like those that have no hope."?

5. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?

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