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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 begin to frequent?
(a) The monastery near his home.
(b) The bus station.
(c) The large park near his home.
(d) Club Baths.

2. 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.

3. How does Mel relate to Howard Rutledge?
(a) Mel feels conflicted as Rutledge does.
(b) Mel believes Howard is gay.
(c) Mel feels trapped just as Rutledge did.
(d) Mel feels that God is the only way he is able to live.

4. 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.

5. With the advent of what court case does Jerry Falwell enter the political arena?
(a) Title IX.
(b) Roe vs. Wade.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Griswold v. Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

2. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?

3. For what does Jeffrey S. feel guilty?

4. What is one book Mel writes soon after producing Though I Walk Through the Valley?

5. What happens to Mel's career during the Seventies?

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