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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, 1982-83, It's Going to Be All Right, Dad!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose symbolic child does Mel consider himself to be?
(a) No particular group.
(b) The Religious Right.
(c) The Hippies of the sixties.
(d) The Radical Left.

2. What does Mel pretend at parties?
(a) He is still with Lyla.
(b) He is religious.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is straight.

3. How does Mel feel at the church to which Tom takes Mel?
(a) He feels a great sense of welcome.
(b) He does not feel the church offers much in the way of spirituality.
(c) He feels ostracized.
(d) He feels the church members are not actually Christians.

4. For how long had Mel tried celibacy?
(a) About 12 years.
(b) About 3 years.
(c) About 21 years.
(d) About 8 years.

5. At the time of the Civil Rights issues in the United States, what does Falwell believe should be the Christian's focus?
(a) Memorizing the Bible.
(b) Feeding the world.
(c) Getting their relationship to God right.
(d) Winning souls.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?

2. How does Mel relate to Howard Rutledge?

3. How does Mel assist right-wing Christian leaders such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell?

4. What group does Falwell form partly through the influence of Francis Schaeffer?

5. What does White not have the ability to do?

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