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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Seri Turi Buana installed as king?

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

4. Who wrote the quotation at the beginning of Chapter 25?

5. On the U.S.S. Boise returning from France, where was the boy from who fascinated L'Amour with tales of his experiences in Burma and India?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was L'Amour first able to learn the stories from Iran's great Book of Kings?

2. Why didn't L'Amour ever work on a story with anyone?

3. Who was Billy Dixon?

4. When L'Amour settled down to write, what three categories was the magazine field divided into?

5. How did L'Amour learn about the "Sejarah Melayu"?

6. Why was L'Amour impressed by the memories of Arabs during the Middle Ages?

7. What was Nalanda University?

8. What did L'Amour remember about reading one cold night in Paris?

9. Why did a woman want a dentist to set a diamond in one of her front teeth?

10. Who was Bodhidharma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11-12, L'Amour discussed how writers obtained ideas for their writing. Discuss some ways writers obtained ideas for writing.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, L'Amour commented that all men look, but few can see. Discuss what L'Amour meant by that comment.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 16, when L'Amour began dedicating his time to writing, there were three different types of markets for short stories. Discuss the different types of markets there were for short stories.

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