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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer did Van and Davy enjoy listening to at St. Ebbe's?
(a) Handel.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Bach.

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

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

4. What did C.S Lewis believe was pursuing Van?
(a) Davy.
(b) A career in religion.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) The police.

5. What did the man exposing himself make Van and Davy realize is part of all humans?
(a) Fear.
(b) Logic.
(c) Power.
(d) Evil.

6. What did Van do after reading C.S. Lewis' books?
(a) Wrote his own book.
(b) Wrote a letter to Lewis.
(c) Burned the books.
(d) Returned the books.

7. Why does Van say he decided to seek joy?
(a) It is the easiest emotion.
(b) It is most important emotion.
(c) It is the most elusive emotion.
(d) It is the highest emotion.

8. What did Davy and Van see as being a blessing in heaven of their marriage?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A storm.
(c) A family of geese.
(d) A flock of doves.

9. What happened when Davy remembered mocking people for having religious faith?
(a) She thought she needed it too.
(b) She thought she judged them too fast.
(c) She never mocked people.
(d) She thought she was right.

10. What did Van and Davy do the day before Pearl Harbor was bombed?
(a) Ate dinner with friends.
(b) Went fishing.
(c) Built a bomb shelter.
(d) Sailed a boat.

11. How did Van honor his love for Davy during their first summer together?
(a) With songs.
(b) With poems.
(c) With letters.
(d) With paintings.

12. What is "The Sands?"
(a) A novel.
(b) A poem.
(c) A song.
(d) A play.

13. What first caught Van's attention when he first returned to Glenmerle?
(a) The size.
(b) The new people living there.
(c) The smell.
(d) The lawn.

14. What did Van say God must help him with at the end of "Encounter with Light?"
(a) His relationship.
(b) His disbelief.
(c) His fear.
(d) His faith.

15. 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 after drinking.
(d) He did it without thinking first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van say made him realize the feelings of pain and longing while in Kensington?

2. What does Van say was his first aesthetic experience?

3. How did Van's parents feel about his marriage to Davy?

4. Why does Van believe all the great moments in life must be felt?

5. How long had it been since Van left when he returned to Glenmerle for the first time?

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