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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what same quality does the author think his love for H. shared?
(a) The beauty of nature.
(b) The author's intellect.
(c) The author's faith in God.
(d) The author's love for his children.

2. What can the author's grief and memories never achieve?
(a) Giving the author comfort.
(b) Bringing H. back.
(c) Easing or aggravating H.'s past anguish.
(d) Restoring the author's faith in God.

3. What effect did the author's experience of H. have on him?
(a) It was like a spring cleaning of the mind.
(b) It assured him that she continued.
(c) It restored his faith in God.
(d) It left him wanting H. even more.

4. About what/whom have the author's notes been throughout the book?
(a) The author's children and God.
(b) Only about the author.
(c) God, the author, and H.
(d) Only about H.

5. What does the author ask if he is doing with his fallen house of cards?
(a) Leaving the devastation as it is.
(b) Rebuilding it.
(c) Burning the ruins.
(d) Seeking counseling to accept it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think is the worst thing he could wish for H.?

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

3. What does the author think about people who are not offended by iconoclasm?

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

5. Why does the author think that grief feels like suspense?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Three, when does Lewis acknowledge that he does not think about H.? What is life like when Lewis is not thinking about H.?

2. In what way does Lewis's previous acceptance of death and mourning alter with H.'s death?

3. Why does Lewis think that H.'s physical anguish might not have ended when she died? What images does Lewis use when reflecting on what happens to H. after she died?

4. At nearly the end of the book, what kind of answer does Lewis receive from God? Briefly, explain what the answer means.

5. What feelings follow from Lewis's experiences when he is not thinking about H.? How is his feeling related to his grief?

6. What hopeful similes does Lewis use to describe a moment he experiences one night?

7. How does the consolation that previously so wearied Lewis, "She is in God's hands", strike Lewis by the last chapter?

8. Toward what does Lewis turn when he becomes overwhelmed by feelings?

9. What does Lewis want when it comes to reality vs. ideas about reality?

10. For Lewis, why is a good God as formidable as God, the Cosmic Sadist? Describe the differences between the two ideas.

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