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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: p. 83-91.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of God is never seen?
(a) His face.
(b) His back.
(c) His heart.
(d) His hands.

2. What did Claire read at the funeral?
(a) Psalm 27.
(b) Psalm 23.
(c) John 14.
(d) Song of Hannah.

3. What does Nicholas say that a friend's silence is to his wounds?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Love.
(c) Lotion.
(d) Salt.

4. What time did Nicholas receive the call that his son had died?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 4:30 p.m.
(c) 1:30 p.m.
(d) 3:30 p.m.

5. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Remembering.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas say is God's response to our lovelessness?

2. What passage from the Bible does Nicholas quote that says, "The grass withers, the flower fades"?

3. What do some vainly think will be overcome by some technology?

4. What was Nicholas watching when the thought overwhelmed him that he did not understand suffering?

5. What did Eric's landlady say he loved more than anything?

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