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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many short stories had L'Amour written when his first novel was published?

2. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?

3. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?

4. When was it said that paper was invented?

5. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did L'Amour regret not stealing some books?

2. Why was L'Amour impressed by the memories of Arabs during the Middle Ages?

3. Why was infection rare in the earliest days in the mountains?

4. When L'Amour settled down to write, what three categories was the magazine field divided into?

5. Why did a woman want a dentist to set a diamond in one of her front teeth?

6. Who was Bodhidharma?

7. How did L'Amour believe that a people group could be understood?

8. Why did L'Amour believe he should have known better when he thought the U.S.S. Boise would get him home in 4-4 ½ days?

9. Who was John Mackay? .

10. After World War II when L'Amour was living in Los Angeles, where would L'Amour often go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 16, when L'Amour began dedicating his time to writing, there were three different types of markets for short stories. Discuss the different types of markets there were for short stories.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss L'Amour mean when he said that t a writer's brain was like a magician's hat.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11-12, L'Amour discussed how writers obtained ideas for their writing. Discuss some ways writers obtained ideas for writing.

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