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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had it been since Van left when he returned to Glenmerle for the first time?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Five years.
(d) One year.

2. How did Van and Davy come up with their code before marriage?
(a) They read love poetry.
(b) They examined failed relationships.
(c) They asked their parents for advice.
(d) They made a list of what they value.

3. How does Van describe Davy?
(a) His lost chance.
(b) His first love.
(c) His biggest mystery.
(d) His best friend.

4. What did Van do after reading C.S. Lewis' books?
(a) Returned the books.
(b) Wrote a letter to Lewis.
(c) Burned the books.
(d) Wrote his own book.

5. How long did Van stay in Kensington?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

6. What did Van call "the dirge of a dying world?"
(a) New York.
(b) Japan.
(c) Pathetique.
(d) Waikiki.

7. Why did Van want his money back for the print in "The Shining Barrier?"
(a) It was just black.
(b) It was tinted wrong.
(c) It was not his picture.
(d) It was cropped wrong.

8. Why did Van consider changing his major to theology?
(a) Because Lewis suggested it.
(b) Because of how he felt writing "The Sands."
(c) Because he felt a calling.
(d) Because it paid well.

9. What is "The Sands?"
(a) A play.
(b) A novel.
(c) A song.
(d) A poem.

10. What did Van see when he looked at his boyhood house for the first time since leaving it?
(a) It was smaller than he remembered.
(b) He saw that it was falling apart.
(c) He saw it filled with the people he knows.
(d) He saw it filled with strangers.

11. In "Encounter with Light", what did Van say makes all world religion leaders similar?
(a) They want the same goals.
(b) They believe in the same God.
(c) They celebrate the same holidays.
(d) They respond to the same forces.

12. What does Van say is dangerous about making decisions in "Encounter with Light?"
(a) Including God.
(b) Including emotion.
(c) Not talking to Davy first.
(d) Not sleeping well beforehand.

13. Where did Van and Davy read "Wind in the Willows" together while at Oxford?
(a) At C.S. Lewis' house.
(b) In a class.
(c) In the city.
(d) In a park.

14. What does Van describe as the most repugnant part of confessing faith in Christianity?
(a) Reading the Bible.
(b) Saying the rosary.
(c) Bending down on one's knee.
(d) Making a confession to a priest.

15. Why did Lewis invite Van to Magdalen?
(a) Because he wanted Van to attend class there.
(b) Because Van had never been there.
(c) Because he worked there.
(d) Because he lived near there.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Van and Davy secretly marry?

2. What did Van and Davy worship as the holiest existence while in Hawaii?

3. What did C.S. Lewis say human dreams are greater than?

4. What did C.S. Lewis say about religions born in jungles?

5. When did Van return to Glenmerle for the first time?

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