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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. Whose death did Van learn about while he is stationed in Hawaii?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Davy's mother.
(d) Davy's father.

2. Aside from Shakespeare, what other poet does Van admire?
(a) Butler.
(b) Keats.
(c) Shelly.
(d) Yates.

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

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

5. What did Van and Davy call their "shining barrier?"
(a) The fence around Glenmerle.
(b) Their values.
(c) Their love.
(d) Their marriage code.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did C.S. Lewis say he started researching Christianity?

2. When did Van and Davy secretly marry?

3. Why did Van and Davy make sure they spend time outside while they are at Oxford?

4. What did Van say God must help him with at the end of "Encounter with Light?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Van and Davy started reading C.S. Lewis novels?

2. What did Van observe about Lewis as a teacher?

3. What did Van and Davy do when they invited people over to their apartment near Oxford?

4. Why did Van and Davy call their love the "pagan love"?

5. What confused Van about world religions in "Encounter with Light?"

6. How did C.S. Lewis respond to Van's desire for the presence of God to be obvious?

7. What did Van and Davy decide to do after leaving their first year at Oxford?

8. How did Davy and Van protect themselves from "creeping separateness?"

9. How did Van connect Glenmerle to Davy?

10. What ground rules did Davy and Van create before getting married?

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