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

2. Where does Mel meet Gary Nixon?
(a) All Saints Episcopal.
(b) The baths.
(c) MCC.
(d) A gay bar.

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

4. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?
(a) Tells the camp director that Mel tried to force sex.
(b) Comes after Mel with an ax.
(c) Calls Lyla and tells her Mel is gay.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted confess to Mel one night?

2. How do Mel and Lyla's children respond to the divorce?

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

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

5. With whom does White work on If I Should Die Before I Wake?

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