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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
2. What title did the author write when he was in his fifties and his mom was in her eighties?
3. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
4. According to the author, what does God give us that helps us finish with the past and remove the power of the past to hurt us?
5. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the author telling his secrets?
2. According to the author, how does memory help us finish with the past?
3. How do ministers lose touch with God?
4. What did the author deal with in first two autobiographies?
5. Why/how does the author identify with one of the stained glass images?
6. How did the daughter being sick affect the author?
7. What illness did the author's daughter have and how did it affect her?
8. What was on the stained glass pieces in the author's office?
9. How did the author's mother's aging affect her sons' lives?
10. How is the author's story, our story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the author attend St. Barnabas Episcopal Church? How is this place more at home for him than another Church? Why does the author enjoy the chanting so much? Who is Robert MacFarlane, and how does he impact the author's connection with this church?
Essay Topic 2
In Part Two of the book, the author talks about the "mystery" of Genesis 1:26-27. What is the "mystery" and how does this relate to what the author calls our deepest, original self? What happens to this original self after the world "does its work?" What does the author mean when he talks about the weather of the world, hats and coats, and "all our other selves?"
Essay Topic 3
The author wrote "Brendan" in 1987. How does the author describe Brendan the Navigator? Why does the author say he found another saint in reference to Brendan the Navigator? How does the author use this character and another to convey his belief that we are all crippled? Through Brendan what does the author offer as a solution to help those that are crippled?
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