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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Little Ease?
(a) A palace.
(b) A chapel.
(c) A throne room.
(d) A dungeon.

2. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What was the name of the woman who came nights but according to the author's mother was late because of the subway?
(a) Mary.
(b) Margie.
(c) Yvonne.
(d) Evelyn.

4. The author's sick daughter was more afraid of what than death?
(a) Being rejected.
(b) Gaining weight.
(c) Coming home.
(d) Being hospitalized.

5. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. What renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?

2. In relation to the White Tower, where does the author say he spent many of his dark days?

3. After his father's suicide, where did the author's mom move the family?

4. What type of lilies were grown commercially on the island, pre-WWI, as described by the author?

5. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?

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