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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was one of the female actresses in L'Amour's first motion picture?
(a) Marilyn Maxwell.
(b) Hedy Lamarr.
(c) Jane Russell.
(d) Kim Novak.

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

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

6. Where did L'Amour settle down to try to become a writer?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.

7. 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.

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

9. Whose translation of the Shah-nama did L'Amour prefer?
(a) Reuben Levy.
(b) William Wright.
(c) Peter Davidson.
(d) Andrew Barett.

10. How wide was the Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming?
(a) ¼ of a mile.
(b) 5 inches.
(c) 18 inches.
(d) 1 miles.

11. What was Professor Walter Campbell's pen name?
(a) David Andrews.
(b) Robert Peters.
(c) Stanley Vestal.
(d) Michael Williams.

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

13. When was it said that paper was invented?
(a) 54.
(b) 209
(c) 106.
(d) 78.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?

2. How many days did it take when L'Amour and his fellow officers traveled on the U.S.S. Boise to get from Europe to the U.S. .

3. In what desert did L'Amour believe that the remains of an ancient civilization might be discovered?

4. How far did L'Amour have to walk to mail his manuscripts in Chapter 15?

5. Who wrote the book that L'Amour had in his back pocket when he met Gillespie?

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