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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, 1984-90, Giving Up the Ghost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mel meet Gary Nixon?
(a) MCC.
(b) All Saints Episcopal.
(c) A gay bar.
(d) The baths.

2. How does Howard Rutledge survive a very difficult time?
(a) Pretending he is a Christian.
(b) His faith in God.
(c) His belief in himself.
(d) Pretending he is straight.

3. With whom does White work on If I Should Die Before I Wake?
(a) Jerry Falwell.
(b) Billy Graham.
(c) Himself.
(d) Pat Robertson.

4. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?
(a) Christians need to stay above the political/social fights.
(b) Gay rights were as important as other civil rights.
(c) Gays are not born homosexual so they do not deserve civil rights.
(d) Christians were obligated to fight social evil.

5. What book does Robertson want Mel's help to write?
(a) America's Land of too much Freedom.
(b) Dates with God and America.
(c) America's Dates with Destiny.
(d) Destiny and God.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the advent of what court case does Jerry Falwell enter the political arena?

2. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

3. How does Mel overcompensate once the divorce proceedings commence?

4. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?

5. Who is Gary Nixon?

(see the answer key)

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