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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 hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?
(a) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) The Old Rugged Cross.
(d) What A Friend.

2. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?
(a) II John.
(b) I John.
(c) III John.
(d) John.

3. What is Dudley Knott's wife's name?
(a) Yvonne.
(b) Katty.
(c) Marge.
(d) Margie.

4. The author lists what he calls "real" art as painting, music, dance, and ______.
(a) Singing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Acting.
(d) Sculpting.

5. Who built the White Tower?
(a) Richard the Lionheart.
(b) Canute the Great.
(c) Alfred the Great.
(d) William the Conqueror.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, what is the title of the book the author cites as dealing with the interior of his life?

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

3. When the author's sick daughter had to be hospitalized, how many miles away was she?

4. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."

5. In Part Two, the author describes his memory of the color of the shallows in the Gulf Stream on the island as ___.

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