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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. What upset Van about his letters to Davy in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"
(a) He no longer wrote "you."
(b) She did not want them.
(c) They were selfish.
(d) He lost them.

2. Where did Van go when he wanted to reject Christ in "The Way of Grief?"
(a) The city.
(b) The country.
(c) The university.
(d) England.

3. When did Van work on the Illumination of the Past?
(a) For a month after Davy's death.
(b) He never got around to working on it.
(c) Sunday mornings.
(d) Every day after work.

4. Who was Joy Davidman?
(a) Van's friend.
(b) C.S. Lewis' wife.
(c) A teacher at Oxford.
(d) Davy's sister.

5. What memory did Van have when he returned to Lincoln?
(a) Walking with Davy.
(b) Losing Davy.
(c) Meeting Davy.
(d) Dining with Davy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Van feel about the emptiness of the second death?

2. How does C.S. Lewis describe Van and Davy's decision to not have children?

3. What did Davy offer in return for Van's soul in "The Barrier Breached?"

4. What did Van see when he envisioned all the "Davies" he had known after she died?

5. What did Van pray for when he met Joy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Joy's health?

2. How did Lewis respond to Van's first letter in "The Way of Grief?"

3. How did Van break "the barrier" in "The Barrier Breached?"

4. What vision of Davy did Van have in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

5. What shocked Van about Virginia after staying at Oxford?

6. What did Van feel when he returned to Oxford in "Epilogue: The Second Death?"

7. What made Van think of the Grey Goose in "The Way of Grief?"

8. What did Van and Lewis decide about a "second death?"

9. How did Lewis respond to Van's attempt to disown Christ in "The Way of Grief?"

10. Why did Davy bargain with God in "The Barrier Breached?"

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