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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did reading C.S. Lewis' work make Davy feel?
(a) Pleased.
(b) At peace.
(c) Pained.
(d) Afraid.

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

4. How did Van's parents feel about his marriage to Davy?
(a) They disapproved of it.
(b) They would not talk to him about it.
(c) They approved of it.
(d) They did not know about it.

5. What did C.S. Lewis believe about Buddhism?
(a) It is the simplified version of Hinduism.
(b) It is the more complex version of Hinduism.
(c) It is the cousin to Christianity.
(d) It is the weirdest religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davy call the farmhouse she and Van lived in while waiting for the Grey Goose to be built?

2. How did Van describe Christianity after seeing the cross-like shadow?

3. Where did Van and Davy sail after the War?

4. What was the weather like when Van and Davy married?

5. What did Van say God must help him with at the end of "Encounter with Light?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Van say he was awakened to his emotions?

2. Why did Davy and Van sail to Oxford at the end of "The Shadow of a Tree?"

3. What confused Van about world religions in "Encounter with Light?"

4. What did Van and Davy do as soon as the war ended?

5. How did Van connect Glenmerle to Davy?

6. Why did C.S. Lewis say he favors Christianity to other world religions?

7. Why did Davy feel guilty after the man in the park exposed himself to her?

8. How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor affect Van and Davy?

9. What did Van write in "The Sands?"

10. How did Davy and Van protect themselves from "creeping separateness?"

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