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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How must God be approached?
(a) As One who shares in human suffering.
(b) As the means.
(c) As the road.
(d) As the goal.

2. According to the author, what kind of faith cannot survive a serious challenge such as death?
(a) The only kind of faith that is possible.
(b) A house of cards.
(c) An impossible faith.
(d) The faith of the saints.

3. For the author, what are human characterizations of God?
(a) Anthropomorphism.
(b) Grandiose characterizations.
(c) Accurate descriptions.
(d) Delusions.

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

5. In Chapter Three, why does the author conclude he wants H. back?
(a) Because the author is selfish.
(b) To prove that God is all-powerful.
(c) To restore the author's past.
(d) So the author's children will have their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient civilization thought that embalming the dead lessened death's effect?

2. Why can the body suffer so much more than the mind, according to the author?

3. To what ultimate fate does the author resign himself?

4. Who tries to comfort Lewis with a biblical story about Jesus?

5. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?

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