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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Imposition".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Cardinal ritually anoints James' hands and wraps them in linen bands that are given to his mother. What power does this give James?
(a) Sacramental power to turn bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.
(b) To marry.
(c) To bless the congregation.
(d) To give the sermon.

2. What is this ceremony for his mother?
(a) A tradition in her family.
(b) A dream come true.
(c) Her first.
(d) A fearful one.

3. Who reminds James of Air Force chaplains?
(a) The young Father Kelly and his open-hearted camaraderie.
(b) The Paulist Fathers.
(c) His father.
(d) The Rector at the college.

4. How does James interpret the experiences of their lives in Christian terms?
(a) Those without sin cast the first stone.
(b) They no not what they do.
(c) As the cross they must bear.
(d) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

5. On what does James learn Catholic beliefs in scripture, events and characters are based?
(a) Divine intervention, not myth and fiction.
(b) The Holy Trinity.
(c) The ocult.
(d) Myth and fiction, not divine intervention.

Short Answer Questions

1. James recalls when he and his fellow candidates lie prostrate on the cold stone floor of St. Paul the Apostle Church. What ceremony is this?

2. James hopes his ROTC unit is picked to march in whose parade?

3. Who is excommunicated?

4. Joe and Jim wear Democrat campaign pins with what motto to protest Republican "I Like Ike" campaign pins?

5. Who becomes to James, for the first time, a man with whom he can identify?

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