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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose words caused the author to hide away when he was a child?
(a) His father's.
(b) His nanny's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His grandmother's.

2. In complaining about her looks, what did the author's mother say "don't fit?"
(a) Glasses.
(b) Wig.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Teeth.

3. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1989.

4. What type of lilies were grown commercially on the island, pre-WWI, as described by the author?
(a) Queen's Cup.
(b) Easter.
(c) Camas.
(d) Death Camas.

5. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?
(a) I John.
(b) III John.
(c) II John.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author lists what he calls "real" art as painting, music, dance, and ______.

3. How old was the author's mother in his dream about her?

4. Whose death has the author spending more time in Florida?

5. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?

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