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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, besides himself, who else to some degree is like the White Tower?
(a) His mother.
(b) We are.
(c) His sick child.
(d) His father.

2. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?
(a) Their guests.
(b) Their armor.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their prisoners.

4. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?
(a) The fan.
(b) The pillow.
(c) The cane.
(d) The purse.

5. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
(a) Amputation.
(b) Severely bowed-legs.
(c) Fractured foot.
(d) Arthritic knees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?

2. What illness did Dudley Knott battle just before the author met him and they became friends?

3. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?

4. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?

5. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?

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