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

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

3. What did Davy and Van decide to establish a code for before marriage?
(a) Their "inloveness."
(b) Their solitude.
(c) Their togetherness.
(d) Their respect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did C.S. Lewis say human dreams are greater than?

3. Who did Van and Davy invite over for company during their first year at Oxford?

4. Where did Van and Davy go during their breaks from Yale?

5. Whose death did Van learn about while he is stationed in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Davy and Van decide not to have children?

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

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

4. What did Van and Davy decide to do after leaving their first year at Oxford?

5. How did Van react the first time he returns to Glenmerle?

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

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

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

9. What was Davy and Van's wedding like?

10. What did Lewis say in his letters about the simplification of religions?

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