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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Laddie?
(a) Davy and Van's minister.
(b) Davy and Van's neighbor.
(c) Davy and Van's dog.
(d) Davy and Van's cat.

3. Who did Van and Davy invite over for company during their first year at Oxford?
(a) Professors.
(b) People of other religions.
(c) Other Christians.
(d) They do not invite people over.

4. How long had Davy been dead when Van returned to Glenmerle?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Three months.

5. Why did C.S. Lewis say he started researching Christianity?
(a) He had a school project.
(b) He did not want it to be true.
(c) He wanted it to be true.
(d) He was paid to write its history.

6. Where did a man expose himself to Davy?
(a) At her house.
(b) In a park.
(c) On Yale campus.
(d) On a train.

7. Where did Van and Davy read "Wind in the Willows" together while at Oxford?
(a) At C.S. Lewis' house.
(b) In a park.
(c) In a class.
(d) In the city.

8. Where did Van and Davy live while the Grey Goose was being built?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Virginia.

9. How long did Van stay in Kensington?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

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

11. What did C.S. Lewis warn Van can attack his faith in "Thou Art the King of Glory?"
(a) The enemy of his soul.
(b) The other world religions.
(c) The vices of love.
(d) The outside world.

12. How did Van describe Christianity after seeing the cross-like shadow?
(a) As a weapon.
(b) As a truth.
(c) As a farce.
(d) As a fairy tale.

13. What does Van say was his first aesthetic experience?
(a) Falling in love.
(b) Shivering in the cold.
(c) Watching the branches of a tree wave.
(d) Having pain feel intense.

14. What boat did Van and Davy buy in Miami after the War?
(a) Gander.
(b) Great-ful.
(c) Grey Goose.
(d) Gull.

15. How did Van feel about God while living at Glenmerle?
(a) He did not believe in God.
(b) He rarely went to church.
(c) He was devoted to God.
(d) He thought there were several gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van say staying in Kensington did for him?

2. What does Van believe the pain he feels in losing Davy is worth?

3. Why did Van consider changing his major to theology?

4. What did C.S. Lewis believe about Buddhism?

5. How did reading C.S. Lewis' work make Davy feel?

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