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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many acres did the home have that L'Amour brought his parents to after they left Oregon?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.
2. What was the name of the author who went to high school in L'Amour's hometown?
(a) W. H. Auden.
(b) Louis MacNeice.
(c) E. E. Kellett.
(d) Maxwell Anderson.
3. How many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.
4. What was the name of the boxing magazine published in St. Paul?
(a) The Fighter.
(b) Sparring Partner.
(c) The Gazette.
(d) Boxing Blade.
5. Who was one of the regular writers in "The Saturday Evening Post"?
(a) Whit Burnett.
(b) Clarence Budgington Kelland.
(c) William Saroyan.
(d) H. L. Mencken.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Goethe begin writing "Faust"?
2. Where did most of the stories in "Arabian Nights" originate?
3. Who wrote the book that L'Amour had in his back pocket when he met Gillespie?
4. What did the old man have in the mine he wanted L'Amour to work in in Chapter 7?
5. Where did L'Amour eat breakfast with an old man who gave him a ride in Chapter 4?
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