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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. Where did L'Amour attend Officers' Candidate School?
(a) Camp Robinson.
(b) Camp Hood.
(c) Fort Bliss.
(d) Fort Worth.

2. How many texts did Kumarajiva translate from Sanskrit into Chinese?
(a) 57.
(b) About 200.
(c) 89.
(d) More than 100.

3. How many men did Alexander have in his army?
(a) 4,700.
(b) 8,900.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 25,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?

2. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?

3. Who was the main character of L'Amour's novel "The Walking Drum"?

4. What country was Chris Madsen from?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did L'Amour remember about reading one cold night in Paris?

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

4. Who was Bodhidharma?

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

6. What was Nalanda University?

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

8. Why did L'Amour say that the western pioneers were select people?

9. How did L'Amour meet a man named Gillespie?

10. Why was L'Amour impressed by the memories of Arabs during the Middle Ages?

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