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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. Who is Gary Nixon?
(a) A gay rights lawyer.
(b) A bartender.
(c) A baritone in a choir.
(d) A writer.

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

3. What does Ted confess to Mel one night?
(a) He is attracted to the minister.
(b) He wants a divorce because he's gay.
(c) He is thinking of killing himself.
(d) He feels attracted to Mel.

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

5. How does Howard Rutledge survive a very difficult time?
(a) Pretending he is straight.
(b) Pretending he is a Christian.
(c) His belief in himself.
(d) His faith in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lyla and Mel enroll for college?

2. For what does Jeffrey S. feel guilty?

3. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?

4. What does Mel say to Jeffrey about Jeffrey's feelings of guilt?

5. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?

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