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

2. In the room of the author's mother what kind of magazines are on her chaise lounge?
(a) Movie.
(b) Home Making.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Sewing.

3. The author describes his sick daughter's behavior as a way of striking out to be what?
(a) Healed.
(b) Free.
(c) In control.
(d) Heard.

4. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. What is the oldest part of the Tower of London?
(a) The White Tower.
(b) The Norman chapel.
(c) The Outer Ward.
(d) The Inner Ward.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?

3. To whom is the book "Godric" dedicated?

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

5. In what year was "Now and Then" written?

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