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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."
(a) Factionalism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Anarchism.
(d) Egalitarianism.

2. From what book of the Bible does the author quote a scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book?"
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Genesis.

3. Who wrote "The Man Who Was Thursday?"
(a) The author.
(b) Thomas Kelly.
(c) Noel Coward.
(d) G.K. Chesterton.

4. How many years after attending theological seminary did the author started teaching at Harvard?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

5. The author read the "Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood," written by _____.
(a) Mary Strong.
(b) Noel Coward.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Thomas Kelly.

6. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1983.

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

8. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?
(a) The Norman chapel.
(b) The Outer Ward.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) The palace.

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

10. The author talks about English money weighing down his pockets; the heavy coppers, florins and __.
(a) Threepenny bits.
(b) Sixpences.
(c) Pound Notes.
(d) Half Crowns.

11. The scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book says that we were created in the likeness and image of who?
(a) God.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Man.
(d) Angels.

12. What type of lilies were grown commercially on the island, pre-WWI, as described by the author?
(a) Easter.
(b) Camas.
(c) Death Camas.
(d) Queen's Cup.

13. How many years after college graduation was the author ordained as a minister?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

15. Who bought the world and "home" back to the author each day?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) His books.
(d) His writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's maternal grandmother was half old ____ and and half French-Swiss.

2. In what war was Dudley Knott a naval officer?

3. Which island shop had ceiling fans?

4. What is on the second floor of the White Tower?

5. According to the author what batters and shapes us in all sorts of ways?

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