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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. Why is White confused at the Cathedral of Hope?
(a) There are several different pastors.
(b) They use books from several denominations.
(c) There are many heterosexuals who attend.
(d) They conduct a liturgical, formal worship service.

2. How did Mel view Jerry Falwell when Mel worked with the man?
(a) A sincere but misguided Christian zionist.
(b) A sincere follower of Jesus.
(c) A deranged demagogue.
(d) A deceitful money grubber.

3. What two evangelists seem to be opposites in personality according to White?
(a) Falwell and Pat Robertson.
(b) Billy Graham and Pat Robertson.
(c) Falwell and Oral Roberts.
(d) Billy Graham and Oral Roberts.

4. What often makes White tearful during the church services?
(a) The many men with AIDS.
(b) The testimonies from gays who feel accepted there.
(c) The overwhelming task of redefining Christianity for gays.
(d) The hymns.

5. What does Mel say often happens to gay men who stay in the closet?
(a) They suffer depression.
(b) They are killed from anonymous sex or AIDS.
(c) They commit suicide.
(d) They become celibate.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does White praise President Clinton?

2. What does White come to believe about his sexual orientation?

3. How does Mel assist right-wing Christian leaders such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell?

4. What did Mel do immediately upon meeting Tom Montgomery?

5. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wright find confusing at first when he is at the new cathedral in Dallas?

2. What is the Truth in Love campaign?

3. How does Tom Montgomery maintain his spirituality despite being angry with the Religious Right?

4. What group does Jerry Falwell form, and who influenced his founding of it?

5. What do Lyla and Mel finally do? How do the children respond?

6. How do Mel and Lyla stay connected, and what do Christian leaders say about White's new living situation? What does Lyla say in response to the Christian leaders?

7. Who was Michael Piazza, and what did he offer White?

8. What does the religious right try to push through in Oregon, and what does White do about it?

9. Who is R. J. Rushdoony? What is his view about homosexuality and White's thoughts about that?

10. What does White say about working with Falwell on the book, If I Should Die Before I Wake?

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