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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 old was the author when he met his new best friend, Dudley Knott?
(a) 40s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 60s.

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

3. What college did the author graduate from before being ordained as a minister?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

4. In the Introduction, who does the author quote regarding the definition for "story" versus "plot?"
(a) E.M. Forster.
(b) Himself.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) R. Kipling

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author's sick daughter finally graduate college?

2. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?

3. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?

4. What Shakespeare reading assignment was objected to by the author's feminist students?

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

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