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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Basement Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"
(a) Chair.
(b) Book.
(c) Cane.
(d) Tongue.

2. What letter of the alphabet did the author's mother-in-law prefer to be?
(a) A.
(b) C.
(c) Z.
(d) X.

3. The author met Professor Niebuhr at ___.
(a) Harvard.
(b) Union Theological Seminary.
(c) Wheaton.
(d) Princeton.

4. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."
(a) Anarchism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Factionalism.

5. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Man Who Was Thursday?"

2. In what year was "Now and Then" written?

3. From the Bible, according to the author, who wrote "Rejoice in the Lord, always?"

4. From one of the dialogues in Part Three of "Telling Secrets" what is the name of the author's brother?

5. What type of cedar trees does the author describe, as a smell of "the island?"

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