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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 renders distinctions between past, present and future meaningless, according to the author?
(a) Memory.
(b) Death.
(c) Healing.
(d) Love.

2. According to the author, besides himself, who else to some degree is like the White Tower?
(a) His sick child.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) We are.

3. The author writes about how he cannot preach about ____, after an atheist student tells him she and others do not believe in God.
(a) Faith.
(b) Church.
(c) Ideas.
(d) God.

4. What was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?
(a) Margorie.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) Margie.
(d) Evelyn.

5. In what year was the author's first novel published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?

4. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?

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

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