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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What style of government does the religious right seem to want?
(a) Theocracy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

3. What does Mel see as one aspect to many of the right-wing Christian leaders for whom Mel works?
(a) A dark and arrogant aspect.
(b) A willingness to change their ideas.
(c) An inept and bungling aspect.
(d) A confused and fearful aspect.

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

5. What does Mel do in front of Lyla one night after they have a fight?
(a) Calls his psychiatrist.
(b) Attempts sex with her.
(c) Tells her he is leaving her.
(d) Attempts to slash his wrists.

6. With whom does Mel say Lyla becomes a co-conspirator?
(a) Mel's pastor.
(b) David.
(c) Mel's psychiatrist.
(d) Michael.

7. For how long had Mel tried celibacy?
(a) About 12 years.
(b) About 8 years.
(c) About 3 years.
(d) About 21 years.

8. Who is R. J. Rushdoony?
(a) A Jewish theologian.
(b) A gay psychiatrist.
(c) A Christian reconstructionist.
(d) A strong gay rights advocate.

9. How does Mel overcompensate once the divorce proceedings commence?
(a) He does not overcompensate.
(b) In his role as a father.
(c) In his role as a husband.
(d) In his role as a pastor.

10. What does Mel see as destroying his family?
(a) His religion.
(b) His lust.
(c) His waffling.
(d) His dishonesty.

11. Who is Mel White's first client?
(a) Francis Schaeffer.
(b) Oral Roberts.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Pat Robertson.

12. What does Rushdoony argue the book of Leviticus authorizes?
(a) The murder of homosexuals.
(b) The imprisonment of homosexuals.
(c) The love of homosexuals.
(d) The tolerance of homosexuals.

13. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.
(a) Ones with tragic results.
(b) He admits there are numerous stunning successes of gays being cured.
(c) He does not know anyone who has tried to be cured.
(d) Stories about treatment akin to torture to force gays to change.

14. Why is White confused at the Cathedral of Hope?
(a) There are several different pastors.
(b) They conduct a liturgical, formal worship service.
(c) There are many heterosexuals who attend.
(d) They use books from several denominations.

15. Who is Marty James?
(a) A young man who kills himself for being gay.
(b) A preacher in Dallas who is against homosexuality.
(c) A gay man in the advanced stages of AIDS.
(d) A gay man who advocates isolating AIDS victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mel do immediately upon meeting Tom Montgomery?

2. What does White contemplate while taking scuba training?

3. How does Mel feel at the church to which Tom takes Mel?

4. What is offered to White by a church in Dallas?

5. Where do Gary and White move in 1990?

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