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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some vainly think will be overcome by some technology?
(a) Greed.
(b) Death.
(c) Sin.
(d) Evil.

2. In one respect, how does man mirror God?
(a) In death.
(b) In our knowledge.
(c) In happiness.
(d) In faith.

3. Where in the Bible is the quote, "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy."
(a) I John 3.
(b) Psalm 126.
(c) Isaiah 25.
(d) Revelation 21.

4. What does Nicholas almost not dare to say that Eric will miss because he has died?
(a) Writing books.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Climbing mountains.
(d) Marriage.

5. On page 81, whom does Nicholas say that God sent to suffer like mankind?
(a) His son.
(b) The apostles.
(c) The prophets.
(d) The disciples.

6. To have an authentic life, whom must one become more like?
(a) God.
(b) One of the sorrowing.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) A little child.

7. Who wrote a book that angered Nicholas?
(a) A father whose son died in a skiing accident.
(b) A father whose son died in a mountaineering accident.
(c) A mother whose son died in a boating accident.
(d) A mother whose son died in an industrial accident.

8. What is the name of the work where this phrase appears, "there must be something more than death..., there must be a promise that is not fulfilled in our short existence in this world."
(a) A Letter of Consolation.
(b) In Memoriam.
(c) Consolation in the Face of Death.
(d) Searching for Comfort.

9. According to Nicholas, when will the world's redemption be fulfilled?
(a) When judgment day comes.
(b) When Satan is bound in the pit.
(c) When God's cup of suffering is full.
(d) When Jesus returns.

10. On page 56, what did a friend remark about grief?
(a) It separates.
(b) It scores the soul.
(c) It divides.
(d) It isolates.

11. What is some suffering seen to be a result of?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Assault.
(c) War.
(d) Sin.

12. Who said, "Be calm. "Disengage yourself. Neither laugh nor weep"?
(a) Stoics.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) Epicureans.

13. Who said, "Truly, you are a God who hides yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior"?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Hosea.
(d) Micah.

14. What is Nicholas doing in a dream on page 50?
(a) Walking in the woods.
(b) Walking down the street with friends.
(c) Fishing with his children.
(d) Eating dinner with his wife.

15. On page 66, a friend mentions to Nicholas that the message of a book in the Bible is the endurance of faith. What book of the Bible has this theme?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Job.
(c) Proverbs.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of questions make Nicholas wince?

2. What music of Brahms does Nicholas try to play?

3. On Page 80, what does it say that God has allowed to flow?

4. Where was Jesus when he spoke words of comfort to his disciples?

5. In what way has Nicholas changed since Eric's death?

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