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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did L'Amour read by Malcom Rogers?
(a) Ancient Hunters of the Far West.
(b) Conquest of New Mexico and California.
(c) Journey to the Rocky Mountains.
(d) Humboldt to the Pacific.

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

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

4. Who wrote a law book that was the key to much western law?
(a) Davidson.
(b) Browning.
(c) Williams.
(d) Blackstone.

5. What desert did a part of five monks travel through in A.D. 399?
(a) Sahara.
(b) Kalahari.
(c) Taklamakan.
(d) Gobi.

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

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

8. How many men did Alexander have in his army?
(a) 8,900.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 4,700.
(d) 25,000.

9. How old was Fa-hien when he died?
(a) 73.
(b) 104.
(c) 88.
(d) 98.

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

11. Who wrote the quotation at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Byron.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Tennyson.

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

13. When were the Wolfville stories written?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1799.

14. Who was one of the millionaires of the Comstock Lode that L'Amour said walked into Virginia City broken and left with $200 million?
(a) Peter O'Riley.
(b) Pat McLaughlin.
(c) Emanuel Penrod.
(d) John Mackay.

15. In ancient times, how many ships a day might sail from the Red Sea coast of Egypt to India?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did L'Amour believe that a half-caste brother and sister he met in Shanghai died?

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

3. How much did Singapore Charlie weigh?

4. When did L'Amour sell his first short story for cash?

5. When did I-Tsing make a pilgrimage to India and the islands to study Buddhism?

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