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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At theological seminary who became the author's father and brother in Christ?
(a) James Muilenburg.
(b) Paul Tillich.
(c) Robert Macafee Brown.
(d) John Knox.

2. In Part Two, the author describes his memory of the color of the shallows in the Gulf Stream on the island as ___.
(a) Green.
(b) Tawny.
(c) Aqua.
(d) Blue.

3. What is the title of the book written by Kahlil Gibran that is on the table next to the chaise lounge in the author's mother's room?
(a) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(b) The Last Battle
(c) Now and Then.
(d) The Prophet.

4. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."
(a) Anarchism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Factionalism.

5. Losing track of our "____," according to the author, means being impoverished humanly and spiritually.
(a) Stories.
(b) Memories.
(c) Faith.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built the White Tower?

2. The author likens the way we scurry through life to ____, in how we keep busy, busy, ignoring the big things while small things loom large.

3. What fell behind the radiator and required that the building superintendent come to retrieve it?

4. What rubber doll did Dudley Knott carry with him everywhere?

5. The author dreamed about a hotel where the desk clerk told him the name of the room to which he wanted to return is called what?

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