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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. According to the author, about how old is the the Chapel of St. John?

2. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?

3. Where did the author go to wait with a friend who got news about a family accident?

4. What is the oldest part of the Tower of London?

5. In "The White Tower", the author describes his father as the young man in the gray slacks and maroon _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Who goes to Bermuda with the author when he is a child and how does he describe their arrival in Bermuda?

3. What does the author tell us about his first two autobiographies?

4. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?

5. How do our other selves develop as explained in Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

6. What does the author describe about the Tower of London?

7. Why did the author like having Dudley Knott as a friend?

8. What events from the author's life most fit the title for Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

9. What dream did the author have about a hotel?

10. What did the author expect in a Harvard teaching experience that he did not get when he actually taught at Harvard Divinity School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what the author means when he writes that by watching and listening we are praying. How does God speak to us in quietness? What is "God's place" in us? What deadens us to God's presence within us? How does Psalm 131 illustrate these points from the author?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Dudley Knott? What challenges did he overcome? What types of work did he do? How did he become acquainted with the author? Why was the author astonished and delighted to know Knott? How did Knott die?

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