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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, 1984-90, Giving Up the Ghost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Robertson want Mel's help to write?
(a) Destiny and God.
(b) America's Land of too much Freedom.
(c) Dates with God and America.
(d) America's Dates with Destiny.

2. What does Mel say to Jeffrey about Jeffrey's feelings of guilt?
(a) Masturbation is not a sin.
(b) Being gay is acceptable, but Jeffrey needs to be celibate.
(c) His brother made his own choices.
(d) If Jeffrey feels strongly about something, he should speak his mind.

3. How do Mel and Lyla's children respond to the divorce?
(a) They think it's not going to last.
(b) They are happy that the fighting will end.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They think it's a good move.

4. What happens to Mel's career during the Seventies?
(a) He is ostracized by the film community.
(b) His film-making and writing talents took off.
(c) No change takes place during this decade.
(d) He has a slump and cannot find a job.

5. When does Mel resign his position with Evangelical Covenant Church?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. What African-American man does Mel meet in Los Angeles?

2. For what does Martin Luther King criticize Christian churches?

3. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

4. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?

5. What does White not have the ability to do?

(see the answer key)

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