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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year was the author's first novel published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.
2. "He who does not love remains in death" is quoted by the author from what book of the Bible?
(a) John.
(b) I John.
(c) III John.
(d) II John.
3. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.
(a) Love.
(b) People.
(c) Himself.
(d) Faith.
4. The author dreamed about a hotel where the desk clerk told him the name of the room to which he wanted to return is called what?
(a) Remember.
(b) Memory.
(c) Peace.
(d) Redemption.
5. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1979.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?
2. According to the author, besides himself, who else to some degree is like the White Tower?
3. Who bought the world and "home" back to the author each day?
4. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?
5. What is the oldest part of the Tower of London?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author's kids connect him with the outside world when they were small?
2. When do Dudley Knott and the author become friends?
3. Who goes to Bermuda with the author when he is a child and how does he describe their arrival in Bermuda?
4. Who is Naya?
5. What did the author expect in a Harvard teaching experience that he did not get when he actually taught at Harvard Divinity School?
6. What does the author describe about the Tower of London?
7. Why does the author go to Bermuda as a child?
8. What events from the author's life most fit the title for Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"
9. How did the author feel about his kids once they were older and how did this affect his life once they left home as adults?
10. Besides complaints about him praying in his first class at Harvard, what other surprises did the author's students give him?
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