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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the magazine that published the first modern stories of science fiction?
(a) Science and Invention.
(b) Weird Tales.
(c) Science: fact and fiction.
(d) Amazing Stories.

2. How tall was L'Amour as an adult?
(a) 6 feet 4 inches.
(b) 7 feet 1 inch.
(c) 5 feet. 11 inches.
(d) 6 feet 2 inches.

3. When was "Erewhon" written?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1894.

4. What was Professor Walter Campbell's pen name?
(a) Stanley Vestal.
(b) Michael Williams.
(c) Robert Peters.
(d) David Andrews.

5. Where did L'Amour go to high school?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Texas.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first place that L'Amour looked for a job in Los Angeles?

2. Who was the only author L'Amour knew that wrote about hunger from experience?

3. Whose translation of the Shah-nama did L'Amour prefer?

4. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?

5. What book by Jack London prepared L'Amour for rejection?

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