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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of the book the author wrote to tell the story of his father to a child?
(a) The Wizard's Tide.
(b) Ansel Gibbs.
(c) Now and Then.
(d) The Last Battle.

3. In what year was "Now and Then" written?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1989.

4. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.
(a) Virginia.
(b) New England.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.
(a) People.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?

2. The author also read "A Testament of Devotion," written by _____.

3. In "Godric" what is the name of the father of the title character?

4. What did Knights of the Order of the Bath keep an all night vigil over the day before a king's coronation?

5. The author likens the way we scurry through life to ____, in how we keep busy, busy, ignoring the big things while small things loom large.

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