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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. When was it said that paper was invented?
(a) 106.
(b) 78.
(c) 54.
(d) 209

2. To whom did L'Amour believe the Roman soldiers sold their services and served as mercenaries?
(a) India.
(b) Persia.
(c) China.
(d) Egypt.

3. Who wrote a law book that was the key to much western law?
(a) Davidson.
(b) Williams.
(c) Browning.
(d) Blackstone.

4. Who wrote what L'Amour considered to be the best history of Japan?
(a) David Hampton.
(b) George Sansom.
(c) Robert Wyatt.
(d) Charles Terry.

5. How old was Dixon when he came west?
(a) 23.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour attend Officers' Candidate School?

2. How many boys in L'Amour's Golden Gloves boxing team became novice champions in their divisions?

3. When did L'Amour believe that the C.C. Brown translation of the "Sejarah Melayu" was written?

4. Was the the name of L'Amour's first novel?

5. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. After World War II when L'Amour was living in Los Angeles, where would L'Amour often go?

2. In Chapter 21, how did L'Amour get a typewriter?

3. What was Nalanda University?

4. When L'Amour began his writing career, how did he write?

5. Who was Bodhidharma?

6. Who was Billy Dixon?

7. How did L'Amour learn about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

8. Why did L'Amour regret not stealing some books?

9. How did L'Amour believe that young people who loitered in the streets or gathered in gangs could find their way in the world?

10. Describe the brother and sister L'Amour met in Shanghai.

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