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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. What does Falwell and other evangelists use to further their own causes?
(a) The AIDS epidemic.
(b) Anti-homosexual rhetoric.
(c) The drug culture.
(d) Anti-abortion rhetoric.

2. What does White say in his letter to Jerry Falwell on December 24, 1991?
(a) White tells Falwell White is contemplating a lawsuit.
(b) White asks Falwell to meet with him to talk about Falwell's treatment of homosexuality.
(c) White suggests that Falwell needs counseling.
(d) White asks Falwell's forgiveness for pretending to be someone White was not.

3. For what does White praise President Clinton?
(a) He does not praise Clinton.
(b) Clinton proposed a Federal marriage bill for gays.
(c) He makes it possible for gays to serve in the military.
(d) He has many open gays on his staff.

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

5. What did White worry about concerning his family?
(a) They would be constantly harassed.
(b) They would not accept him as a gay man.
(c) His coming out would destroy them.
(d) They would turn away from the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White view as the price of standing for justice after protesting Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy?

2. What do Falwell and the other evangelists of his ilk continue to do?

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

4. What do many counselors encourage Mel and Lyla to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens one night when White becomes too stressed about his life? What does he do after that?

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

3. What was Mel White determined to do after the end of his relationship with Tom?

4. What worries White about the religious right's rhetoric about homosexuality?

5. 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?

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

7. How does White's parents react to his telling them of his homosexuality?

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

9. What did White plan to do while scuba diving in Hawaii? What changed his mind?

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

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