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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?
(a) 280 pounds.
(b) 95 pounds.
(c) 250 pounds.
(d) 300 pounds.

2. How many short stories had L'Amour written when his first novel was published?
(a) 75.
(b) About 50.
(c) More than 100.
(d) 45.

3. When did Kumarajiva reach China?
(a) 634 A.D.
(b) 401 A.D.
(c) 394 A.D.
(d) 572 A.D.

4. In ancient times, how many ships a day might sail from the Red Sea coast of Egypt to India?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. In California in the 1920s, how long was a boxing bout?
(a) 6 rounds.
(b) 5 rounds.
(c) 4 rounds.
(d) 3 rounds.

6. What was the latest date on a collect of eight or ten books of ancient maps that L'Amour viewed at a chateau on the outskirts of Paris?
(a) 1475.
(b) 1549.
(c) 1321.
(d) 1618.

7. Where did L'Amour's first contact in Shanghai come from?
(a) Olympic.
(b) The Riot.
(c) Greek.
(d) The Station.

8. In what region did many of the black empires exist?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Niger.

9. How many years did it take for Flaubert to complete "Madame Bovary"?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

10. Who operated the Brown Derby in Hollywood?
(a) Cobb.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Vining.
(d) Manning.

11. What book did L'Amour mention that was a somewhat pornographic Chinese novel?
(a) Saving a Prostitute.
(b) Dream of the Red Chamber.
(c) The Water Margin.
(d) Chin P'ing Mei.

12. At what distance did Billy Dixon shoot an Indian off his horse?
(a) 3/4 of a mile.
(b) ⅞ of a mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1/2 a mile.

13. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?
(a) 85.
(b) Over 90.
(c) 93.
(d) About 80.

14. What book did L'Amour review that began his study of Africa?
(a) The Africa Background Outlined.
(b) How I Found Livingstone.
(c) Out of Africa.
(d) Through the Dark Continent.

15. Who wrote "The Army of the Future"?
(a) Fuller.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) De Gaulle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour read "Taras Bulba"?

2. What was Professor Walter Campbell's pen name?

3. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?

4. When did the Rev. Andrew Burnaby write "Through the Middle Settlements of North America"?

5. In what year was L'Amour on a small ship off the Florida coast when a hurricane ripped Miami?

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