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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Reverend Michael Piazza?
(a) The pastor in Los Angeles where White attends church.
(b) The leader of the largest gay chuch in America.
(c) The leader of the supporters of the measure in Oregon.
(d) A Roman Catholic priest who speaks out against the measure in Oregon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel tell his parents after meeting Tom?

2. Why is White confused at the Cathedral of Hope?

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

4. What often makes White tearful during the church services?

5. What style of government does the religious right seem to want?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does White find peace in his new church in Dallas?

2. What does the religious right try to push through in Oregon, and what does White do about it?

3. What does White say about working with Falwell on the book, If I Should Die Before I Wake?

4. What does Wright find confusing at first when he is at the new cathedral in Dallas?

5. Who does White help in the 1970s among the rising Christian political movement?

6. What happens to end White's relationship with Tom Montgomery?

7. What group does Jerry Falwell form, and who influenced his founding of it?

8. Who was Michael Piazza, and what did he offer White?

9. What do Lyla and Mel finally do? How do the children respond?

10. Where do Gary and Mel move? With what decision does Mel struggle?

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