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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war was Dudley Knott a naval officer?
(a) The Great War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) The Hundred Years War.
(d) World War II.

2. The author said that he told his father's story both as the child "I was in 1936 and still am in ___."
(a) 1975.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

3. What is on the second floor of the White Tower?
(a) The Innermost Ward.
(b) The Chapel of St. John.
(c) The Tower Watch.
(d) Little Ease.

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

5. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) First.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?

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

3. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"

4. In regards to beauty, the author's mother said you have a better chance of finding a lost cane again, than finding what?

5. In what language is the dedication written in "Godric?"

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