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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: p. 38-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As creatures of God, what does Nicholas say man should not yearn for?
(a) The life hereafter.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Eternity.
(d) Timeless disembodiment.

2. How many times had the special cloth been used before at other funerals?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Never.

3. What became Eric's major?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Art history.
(d) Science.

4. What does Nicholas say that a friend's tears are to his wounds?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Love.
(c) Salve.
(d) Salt.

5. What did Eric's landlady say he loved more than anything?
(a) Art.
(b) Friends.
(c) Cathedrals.
(d) Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trees were releasing their seeds when Eric was laid to rest?

2. What is one of the profoundest features of the Christian and Jewish way of being-in-the-world and being-in-history?

3. Who had just left on a plane to see Eric?

4. Which of Eric's belongings did the undertaker return that were unscathed?

5. What did Eric spend summers doing while in college?

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