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

2. Where did Van and Davy live during their first year at Oxford?
(a) Church quarters.
(b) A studio apartment.
(c) C.S. Lewis' house.
(d) A London townhouse.

3. What does the Tao focus on?
(a) A set of rules.
(b) A series of rituals.
(c) A code of conduct.
(d) A complex agreement.

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

5. What does Van say made him realize the feelings of pain and longing while in Kensington?
(a) Looking at the night sky.
(b) Watching the sun rise.
(c) Seeing the tides change.
(d) Watching the sun set.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Van and Davy enroll at Yale?

2. How did Van feel about the history of Christianity in "Encounter with Light?"

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

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

5. What did C.S. Lewis tell Van and Davy during their final lunch together at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Van and Davy call their love the "pagan love"?

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

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

5. How did C.S. Lewis respond to Van's desire for the presence of God to be obvious?

6. What did the shadow of the ship's masts in Hawaii make Van think of?

7. What happened when Van and Davy started reading C.S. Lewis novels?

8. Why did Davy and Van decide to live at sea?

9. How did C.S. Lewis compare himself to Van in his letters?

10. Why did Van and Davy choose to attend St. Ebbe's?

(see the answer keys)

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