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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter with Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Van say is dangerous about making decisions in "Encounter with Light?"
(a) Not talking to Davy first.
(b) Including emotion.
(c) Including God.
(d) Not sleeping well beforehand.

2. What did Van see when he looked at his boyhood house for the first time since leaving it?
(a) He saw that it was falling apart.
(b) He saw it filled with the people he knows.
(c) It was smaller than he remembered.
(d) He saw it filled with strangers.

3. Why did Van recant his first confession of belief in God?
(a) He did it after drinking.
(b) He did it without thinking first.
(c) He did it when he was sad.
(d) He did it out of love for Davy.

4. Where did Van and Davy go during their breaks from Yale?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

5. What did Van and Davy call themselves instead of husband and wife?
(a) Partners in life.
(b) Comrades in love.
(c) Man and woman.
(d) They do not use any names or titles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did C.S. Lewis say human dreams are greater than?

2. What did Davy and Van decide to establish a code for before marriage?

3. What did Van's dinner group in England do?

4. What boat did Van and Davy buy in Miami after the War?

5. How long had Davy been dead when Van returned to Glenmerle?

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