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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. When were the Wolfville stories written?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1799.
2. On what Indian reservation was Mancos Canyon located?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Hopi.
(c) Ute.
(d) Hualapai.
3. What book by Byron might have been found on L'Amour's bookshelves?
(a) Child of Passion.
(b) The Love Poems.
(c) A Romantic's Passion.
(d) Childe Harold.
4. When did L'Amour sell his first short story for cash?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1929.
5. What book did David Buxton write that L'Amour read?
(a) Travels in Ethiopia.
(b) A Short History of South Africa.
(c) South Africa.
(d) The Mountains of Rasseles.
Short Answer Questions
1. What writer did L'Amour say led off fiction about the American frontier?
2. To whom did L'Amour believe the Roman soldiers sold their services and served as mercenaries?
3. What is the first positive date for China's knowledge of Bali?
4. What was the name of the small railroad that L'Amour would take to the wilderness area of Sycamore Canyon in Arizona?
5. How many Nobel Prize winners did L'Amour believe wrote in "Story."
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the New Madrid earthquake?
2. What were some social activities that were popular in the West?
3. After World War II when L'Amour was living in Los Angeles, where would L'Amour often go?
4. Why was L'Amour impressed by the memories of Arabs during the Middle Ages?
5. How did L'Amour meet a man named Gillespie?
6. When L'Amour settled down to write, what three categories was the magazine field divided into?
7. Who was Singapore Charlie?
8. Why did L'Amour say that the western pioneers were select people?
9. Why did L'Amour believe he should have known better when he thought the U.S.S. Boise would get him home in 4-4 ½ days?
10. How did L'Amour learn about the "Sejarah Melayu"?
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