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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two, the author describes his memory of the color of the shallows in the Gulf Stream on the island as ___.

2. According to the author, what could you buy in the island shop called Trimingham's?

3. The author writes about his teaching experience at Harvard that "the danger of pluralism is that it becomes ______."

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

5. What illness did Dudley Knott battle just before the author met him and they became friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differences did the author write about among Union students as well as what they all shared?

2. What does the author tell us about his first two autobiographies?

3. How does the author connect his feelings to what he describes about the Tower in London?

4. Why does the author go to Bermuda as a child?

5. What dream did the author have about a hotel?

6. What did the author expect in a Harvard teaching experience that he did not get when he actually taught at Harvard Divinity School?

7. How do our other selves develop as explained in Part Two of "Telling Secrets?"

8. Why does the author describe Bermuda as enchanting?

9. When do Dudley Knott and the author become friends?

10. How did the author feel about his kids once they were older and how did this affect his life once they left home as adults?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author taught on the east coast and in the mid-west. Explain his thoughts about each experience, using details from the book. Also, identify the major differences that existed between the two in regards to religious discussions, and the students he taught; and how these differences contributed to the author's experiences.

Essay Topic 2

Why is the author's daughter sick? How did she get well? How did the increasing wellness of his daughter, help the author to realize that he was not well? How does the author explain what happens to someone who after being sick for so long is suddenly well? How does this new "freedom" affect them?

Essay Topic 3

The author talks about the pluralism of Harvard Divinity School. What makes Harvard pluralistic (as described by the author)? What happens in the author's Harvard classroom that helps him conclude that pluralism can become factionalism? What is factionalism (as presented in the book)?

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