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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. Where does Mel go after he and Lyla become engaged?
(a) To Washington, D. C. to march for civil rights for blacks.
(b) Back home.
(c) A national church choir tour.
(d) To San Francisco to learn more about gay men.

2. What African-American man does Mel meet in Los Angeles?
(a) Peter.
(b) Herbert.
(c) John.
(d) Mark.

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

4. What is the name of the first book and movie Mel makes?
(a) Enemies are Friends Waiting for God's Grace.
(b) My Enemies Will Never Smite My Soul.
(c) In the Presence of Mine Enemies.
(d) With God, I Have No Enemies.

5. For what does Jeffrey S. feel guilty?
(a) Being gay and acting upon it.
(b) Masturbating.
(c) Condemning his gay brother who then killed himself.
(d) Speaking out against the church and their stand on homosexuality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mel believe about himself while in college?

4. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?

5. What does Though I Walk Through the Valley concern?

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