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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, 1990-91, One Last Year of Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Falwell known concerning the Civil Rights Act?
(a) Falwell asked his congressman to sponsor the bill.
(b) Falwell strongly opposed the Civil Rights Act at first.
(c) Falwell was neutral on the Civil Rights Act.
(d) Falwell circulated a petition for passage of the Act.

2. What is one book Mel writes soon after producing Though I Walk Through the Valley?
(a) Restoring the Passion.
(b) Soul Fired Up.
(c) Tested by Fire.
(d) Jesus Tested by Fire.

3. How does Mel think that the very strong Christians seem to be?
(a) Indifferent to the way the religious right was exploiting people emotionally.
(b) More accepting of gays.
(c) Less rigid about many issues.
(d) More strongly anti-gay.

4. Who are Philip and Janet Yancey?
(a) Mel's friends with whom he sometimes discussed his homosexuality.
(b) Mel's friends who own a resort in Northern California.
(c) Two of Falwell's administrators who try to convince Mel to be celibate.
(d) A couple Mel meets in Hawaii.

5. What is the first book that Mel ghost writes for Francis Schaeffer?
(a) How Should We Then Live.
(b) Gays and Christianity.
(c) Christian Response to the Left-Wing Minority.
(d) How Should Christians Behave.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?

2. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979 for vacation?

3. Who calls White and asks him to work on an important book when White is contemplating moving to be with Tom?

4. What does Mel's first film concern?

5. What African-American man does Mel meet in Los Angeles?

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