An American Requiem Quiz | One Week Quiz A

James P. Carroll
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

An American Requiem Quiz | One Week Quiz A

James P. Carroll
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does James do a week before entering the novitiate?
(a) He dates the Vice-President's daughter and tries unsuccessfully to have sex.
(b) He begins to write a religious-based novel.
(c) He prays about what his calling truly is.
(d) He meets with Allen Tate to show him several of his poems.

2. Joseph gives his family what motto?
(a) Pro Deo et Patria.
(b) Liberte et Fraternite.
(c) Etre ou ne pas Etre.
(d) To Thyself Be True.

3. James' appointment with Tate is interrupted by what personal tragedy the night before?
(a) His brother has been caught leaving the country and the draft.
(b) The country has gone to war.
(c) One of Tate's newborn twins dies.
(d) James' father dies.

4. Despite years of religious training as an altar boy, catechism and religion classes, how is James regarding the Bible and theology?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Misunderstood.
(c) Knowdedgeable.
(d) Confused.

5. Who is excommunicated?
(a) Some modernist Paulists.
(b) Some modernists Bendictines.
(c) Some traditional Benedictines.
(d) Some traditional Paulists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will a local Catholic priest not bury Tate's son, Michael?

2. What does Joe Carroll do as James blesses him and lays hands on his head?

3. Where does James begin seminary training in 1963?

4. How does James feel among the working-class Irish novices?

5. Mary drives the children to pick Joseph up at night. What does she do on the way home?

(see the answer key)

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