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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. What hymn did the old nurse teach the author and his young brother?
2. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
3. What room in the White Tower measures only four feet high?
4. What is Dudley Knott's wife's name?
5. What rubber doll did Dudley Knott carry with him everywhere?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who goes to Bermuda with the author when he is a child and how does he describe their arrival in Bermuda?
2. Why did the author like having Dudley Knott as a friend?
3. When do Dudley Knott and the author become friends?
4. What does the author tell us about his first two autobiographies?
5. How do our other selves develop as explained in Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"
6. How did the author translate his hotel dream into his real life?
7. What dream did the author have about a hotel?
8. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author's mother is quoted in Part One of the book as saying, "If I didn't have something to look for, I would be lost." Answer either A or B.
A. Why does she make this statement? Discuss the significance of the mother losing her beauty and trying to find it daily with her make-up and other enhancements, in relation to her state of mind, her health, and her relationship with her sons and her caregivers/friends.
B. Why does the author describe the statement as one of his mother's "most shimmering utterances?" How does this theme of "lost and found" play out throughout the details of the author's life described in the book - his family (mom and brother, wife and kids), friends, students?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The author talks about the pluralism of Harvard Divinity School. What makes Harvard pluralistic (as described by the author)? What happens in the author's Harvard classroom that helps him conclude that pluralism can become factionalism? What is factionalism (as presented in the book)?
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