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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many short stories had L'Amour written when his first novel was published?
(a) About 50.
(b) More than 100.
(c) 45.
(d) 75.

2. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 250 pounds.
(c) 280 pounds.
(d) 95 pounds.

3. How many texts did Kumarajiva translate from Sanskrit into Chinese?
(a) More than 100.
(b) About 200.
(c) 57.
(d) 89.

4. How far did L'Amour have to walk to mail his manuscripts in Chapter 15?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 4 blocks.
(d) 10 blocks

5. When did Kumarajiva reach China?
(a) 634 A.D.
(b) 401 A.D.
(c) 394 A.D.
(d) 572 A.D.

6. Where did L'Amour read "Taras Bulba"?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

7. Who wrote the book that L'Amour had in his back pocket when he met Gillespie?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Draper.
(c) Buckle.
(d) Smith.

8. What country was Chris Madsen from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Finland.
(d) Sweden.

9. What was the latest date on a collect of eight or ten books of ancient maps that L'Amour viewed at a chateau on the outskirts of Paris?
(a) 1618.
(b) 1549.
(c) 1475.
(d) 1321.

10. How many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

11. Who was the Navajo artist whose painting appeared on L'Amour's book, "The Haunted Mesa"?
(a) Urshel Taylor.
(b) Dana Tiger.
(c) Cliff Brycelea.
(d) Jerome Bushyhead.

12. On one (and possibly) three sides of L'Amour's family, how many generations have been in America?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

13. What is the first positive date for China's knowledge of Bali?
(a) 493.
(b) 977.
(c) 345.
(d) 685.

14. Who was the black king of Haiti?
(a) Georges Anglade.
(b) Henri Christophe. .
(c) Emile Nau.
(d) Leon Laleau.

15. In what year was L'Amour on a small ship off the Florida coast when a hurricane ripped Miami?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Alexander have in his army?

2. Who was the main character of L'Amour's novel "The Walking Drum"?

3. How many days did it usually take the U.S.S. Boise to travel from Europe to the U.S.?

4. Was the the name of L'Amour's first novel?

5. What people group established themselves at Carthage and became a dominant power until destroyed by Rome.

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