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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 many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

2. While L'Amour was studying the Far East, how many books did he read in a year on the American West?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?
(a) Sechura.
(b) Kalahari.
(c) Nubian.
(d) Taklamakan.

4. What desert did a part of five monks travel through in A.D. 399?
(a) Taklamakan.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Gobi.
(d) Kalahari.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many texts did Kumarajiva translate from Sanskrit into Chinese?

2. On the U.S.S. Boise returning from France, where was the boy from who fascinated L'Amour with tales of his experiences in Burma and India?

3. Who was one of the millionaires of the Comstock Lode that L'Amour said walked into Virginia City broken and left with $200 million?

4. What city was Oak Creek Canyon near?

5. What book did L'Amour review that began his study of Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Billy Dixon?

2. What were some social activities that were popular in the West?

3. Why did a woman want a dentist to set a diamond in one of her front teeth?

4. Once L'Amour could no longer find the books he wanted in library, where did he have to find books?

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

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

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

8. Who was Singapore Charlie?

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

10. Who was John Mackay? .

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