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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is ACT-UP?
(a) A group of homosexuals who believe people should stay in the closet.
(b) A group of Christian men against homosexuality.
(c) A radical, homosexual advocacy group.
(d) A group of Christian trying to get an anti-sodomy law re-enacted.

3. What group does Pat Robertson form?
(a) Moral Majority.
(b) Christian Coalition.
(c) Christian Brotherhood.
(d) None.

4. Why does Falwell initially get into politics?
(a) To speak out against communism, abortion, and divorce.
(b) To draw attention to his church.
(c) To force left-wing politicians to rein in their political strategies.
(d) To eventually make a bid for governor.

5. What do Falwell and the other evangelists of his ilk continue to do?
(a) Try to understand the homosexual community.
(b) Try to get laws passed giving gays some civil rights.
(c) Preach that homosexuals should be confined to islands away from others.
(d) Repeat lies, bad Scriptural interpretation, and hate-filled rhetoric.

6. For what does White praise President Clinton?
(a) He makes it possible for gays to serve in the military.
(b) He has many open gays on his staff.
(c) He does not praise Clinton.
(d) Clinton proposed a Federal marriage bill for gays.

7. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?
(a) June, 1985.
(b) August, 1984.
(c) June, 1983.
(d) September, 1982.

8. To what group does White see some parallels to the religious right?
(a) Skinheads.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Terrorists.

9. What does Robertson and others of the religious right tell White he could do?
(a) Condemn hundreds to hell with his preaching.
(b) Be accepted back into the fold of the religious right.
(c) Come and explain his views of the Bible to them.
(d) Be healed of his homosexuality.

10. What happens when White speaks out about the measure in Oregon?
(a) He is supported by some of the religious right for whom he had once wrote.
(b) He is sent letters of condemnation by the religious right.
(c) His life is threatened.
(d) He gains the support of the Jewish community.

11. What do some of the religious right say homosexuals want as far as children are concerned?
(a) To exploit them sexually.
(b) To recruit them to the homosexual lifestyle.
(c) To help them overcome their feelings of self hatred.
(d) To show them how to avoid becoming ensnared into the homosexual life.

12. What would the measure being considered in Oregon do?
(a) Add anti-homosexual language to the Oregon constitution.
(b) Outlaw any public display of affection between same sex couples.
(c) Mandate that children being raised by a homosexual couple be placed in foster homes.
(d) Allow homosexuals limited civil rights.

13. What do many counselors encourage Mel and Lyla to do?
(a) Divorce immediately.
(b) Wait at least a year to separate.
(c) Separate.
(d) Work things out.

14. What does White come to believe about his sexual orientation?
(a) It is acceptable as long as he is celibate.
(b) It is something to celebrate.
(c) It is not God's perfect creation, but it is not condemned.
(d) It is acceptable as long as he is in a monogamous, marriage-like relationship.

15. How do Mel's children respond to Mel's conflict?
(a) They are affected but do not know what the conflict entails.
(b) They are not really affected one way or the other.
(c) They think he is wrong to even thing about accepting his homosexuality.
(d) They believe he should leave Lyla and be true to himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mel meet Gary Nixon?

2. Why does White feel he needs to fight back against the religious right?

3. What is the first book that Mel ghost writes for Francis Schaeffer?

4. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.

5. Who is Tom Montgomery?

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