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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did L'Amour attend Officers' Candidate School?
(a) Camp Hood.
(b) Fort Worth.
(c) Camp Robinson.
(d) Fort Bliss.

2. Where did L'Amour begin writing "Education of a Wandering Man"?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Hong Kong.

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

4. What languages did the man speak in addition to his native tongue who told L'Amour about the "Sejarah Melayu"?
(a) English and Portuguese.
(b) German and Russian.
(c) English, French, and German.
(d) Spanish, English, and Russian.

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

6. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?
(a) Kalahari.
(b) Nubian.
(c) Sechura.
(d) Taklamakan.

7. How old did Chris Madsen live to be?
(a) 93.
(b) 85.
(c) About 80.
(d) Over 90.

8. What people group established themselves at Carthage and became a dominant power until destroyed by Rome.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Berbers.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Phoenicians.

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

10. How many boys in L'Amour's Golden Gloves boxing team became novice champions in their divisions?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. What writer and naturalist was on the spot when the New Madrid earthquake happened?
(a) Davis.
(b) Bradbury.
(c) Burnaby.
(d) Williams.

12. When did the Rev. Andrew Burnaby write "Through the Middle Settlements of North America"?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1759-1760.
(c) 1801-1803.
(d) 1782.

13. How many years did it take for Flaubert to complete "Madame Bovary"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

14. At what distance did Billy Dixon shoot an Indian off his horse?
(a) 1/2 a mile.
(b) ⅞ of a mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 3/4 of a mile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?

2. What is the first positive date for China's knowledge of Bali?

3. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?

4. Who was one of the female actresses in L'Amour's first motion picture?

5. Whose translation of the Shah-nama did L'Amour prefer?

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