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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical condition does the author think his feelings resemble?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) A severe headache.
(c) A concussion.
(d) An ulcer.

2. What does it mean if there is a good God, according to the author?
(a) Suffering is a human invention.
(b) Human suffering is unnecessary.
(c) Human suffering is necessary.
(d) Human beings do not suffer.

3. In the early stage of the author's grief, what was one emotion he felt toward God?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Anger.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Companionship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis think his friends react to talking about H.?

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

3. What accounts for a mother's response to comforting words regarding a lost child?

4. What does the author think might have influenced his love for H.?

5. With what same quality does the author think his love for H. shared?

(see the answer key)

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