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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war was Dudley Knott a naval officer?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) The Hundred Years War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Great War.

2. In Part One of the book, what was not a tradition in the Buechner family in relation to death?
(a) Churches.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Ministers.
(d) Last rites.

3. What color was the house the author and his family lived in on the island, in a town called Paget?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. The author writes about how he cannot preach about ____, after an atheist student tells him she and others do not believe in God.
(a) God.
(b) Church.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Faith.

5. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?
(a) Little Ease.
(b) The Norman chapel.
(c) The palace.
(d) The Outer Ward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?

2. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"

3. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?

4. What hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?

5. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."

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