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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. What is the Little Ease?
(a) A dungeon.
(b) A throne room.
(c) A chapel.
(d) A palace.
2. In what year was the author's first novel published?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1945.
3. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?
(a) 450 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 1,200 years.
(d) 1,000 years.
4. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1985.
5. What is the oldest part of the Tower of London?
(a) The Inner Ward.
(b) The Norman chapel.
(c) The White Tower.
(d) The Outer Ward.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the White Tower what has an heavy oak door?
2. What Shakespeare reading assignment was objected to by the author's feminist students?
3. What hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?
4. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?
5. When the author asked another of his atheist students what he have faith in, the student replied he had faith in ____.
Short Essay Questions
1. What did trying to help his daughter reveal to the author about his emotional state?
2. What does the author describe about the Tower of London?
3. Why does the author describe Bermuda as enchanting?
4. What dream did the author have about a hotel?
5. Besides complaints about him praying in his first class at Harvard, what other surprises did the author's students give him?
6. Why did the author like having Dudley Knott as a friend?
7. What events from the author's life most fit the title for Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"
8. How did the author's kids connect him with the outside world when they were small?
9. What can you tell about the author and his time at Union Theological Seminary?
10. 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?
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