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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?
(a) Reunion with H.
(b) Understanding the meaning of life and death.
(c) Life with God.
(d) Death.

2. What one thing has sufficient force to rattle one's faith, according to the author in Chapter Three?
(a) One's own illness.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Explosive anger.
(d) Losing faith in God.

3. In the third chapter, what does the author decide is happening to his wife in the next life?
(a) She is perfected in God's eyes.
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) God continues to "temper her."
(d) She has become an angel.

4. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?
(a) He will listen gladly.
(b) He will listen submissively.
(c) He will refuse to engage in conversation.
(d) He will argue theology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what feeling does a dying person experience?

2. Who is the source of the author's problem?

3. What is the only thing, according to the author, that tests the reality of a belief?

4. What kinds of mortal questions does the author think that God cannot answer?

5. What does the author conclude it is foolish to expect from the dead?

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