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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) John Knox.
(b) Paul Tillich.
(c) Robert Macafee Brown.
(d) James Muilenburg.

2. In the Introduction, the author tells us that this is his ___ venture into autobiography.
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

3. In what year was "The Sacred Journey" written?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1982.

4. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Tweeds.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Books.

5. What place of torment eventually becomes home if you live there long enough, according to the author?
(a) The White Tower.
(b) The Past.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) Your mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitting on the side road, depressed about his sick child, what encouraging word did the author read on the license plate of a passing vehicle?

2. The author writes about how he cannot preach about ____, after an atheist student tells him she and others do not believe in God.

3. "The Power and the Glory" dealt with what country in the 1930s?

4. What is the Little Ease?

5. 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?

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