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

2. Who are Philip and Janet Yancey?
(a) Two of Falwell's administrators who try to convince Mel to be celibate.
(b) Mel's friends with whom he sometimes discussed his homosexuality.
(c) A couple Mel meets in Hawaii.
(d) Mel's friends who own a resort in Northern California.

3. What is the purpose of White's "Truth in Love" campaign?
(a) To war against the religious right.
(b) To bring out other gays.
(c) To effect political pressure on lawmakers.
(d) To present gays with an alternative to mainstream Christianity.

4. What does Lyla feel Mel is experiencing?
(a) Retarded adolescence.
(b) Satan's lies.
(c) Social pressure.
(d) Insecurity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?

2. What does Mel say often happens to gay men who stay in the closet?

3. What comparison does White continue to point out?

4. What does White do for Oliver North?

5. To whom does Mel introduce David?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979, and how does he feel about the time spent there with Lyla?

3. Who is R. J. Rushdoony? What is his view about homosexuality and White's thoughts about that?

4. Why does White decide to accept Piazza's offer?

5. Who is David and how does White meet him?

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

7. What is the Truth in Love campaign?

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

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

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

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