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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Van and Davy sail after the War?
(a) To South America.
(b) The Florida Keys.
(c) The Carribbean.
(d) To the East Coast.

2. What did C.S. Lewis say human dreams are greater than?
(a) Religion.
(b) Reality.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Fear.

3. How did Van feel about the history of Christianity in "Encounter with Light?"
(a) It was appealing.
(b) It was violent.
(c) It was a lie.
(d) It was the only truth.

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

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

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

7. When did Van return to Glenmerle for the first time?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

8. What did Van call "the dirge of a dying world?"
(a) New York.
(b) Japan.
(c) Waikiki.
(d) Pathetique.

9. What was the weather like when Van and Davy married?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Sunny.

10. Who did Van write for after the War?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Yale Press.
(c) Yachting Magazine.
(d) The Miami Herald.

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

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

13. How did Davy honor her love for Davy during their first summer together?
(a) With poetry.
(b) With letters.
(c) With songs.
(d) With paintings.

14. Why did Van and Davy decide not to live at sea after their first year at Oxford?
(a) They could no longer afford it.
(b) It no longer fit their philosophy.
(c) Davy needed to take more classes.
(d) There was no church at sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Van and Davy talk during their first date?

3. Why does Van say he decided to seek joy?

4. What helped heal Van's doubt about religion after C.S. Lewis warns him about attacks on his faith?

5. What surprised Van and Davy about the Christians they meet in England?

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