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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Basement Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after college graduation was the author ordained as a minister?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

2. How old was the author's mother-in-law when she died?
(a) 87.
(b) 75.
(c) 93.
(d) 83.

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

4. What was the author's mother-in-law's health diagnosis?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Congestive heart failure.
(d) Alzheimer's.

5. In Part Three, who does the author reveal he did not like when this person was drinking?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the first autobiography written by the author?

2. In what year did the author accept an invitation to teach at Harvard Divinity School?

3. What is the first name of the author's mother-in-law?

4. From one of the dialogues in Part Three of "Telling Secrets" what is the name of the author's brother?

5. From what book of the Bible does the author quote a scripture passage in the beginning of Part Two of the book?"

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