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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. 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?
(a) The Passover ceremony.
(b) Reformation Sunday.
(c) The Holy Eucharist.
(d) The ordination ceremony.

2. What has made FDR paralyzed from the waist down?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) A riding accident.
(c) An automobile accident.
(d) Polio.

3. James feels his life ends when he enters seminary and that as a child he first hears the word as what?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Cemetery.
(c) Crematory.
(d) Sedimentary.

4. What do James and fellow novices do on the edge of a lake?
(a) Fish.
(b) Contemplate their choice to join the priesthood.
(c) Bet when it will freeze over.
(d) Swim.

5. Who becomes to James, for the first time, a man with whom he can identify?
(a) His father.
(b) The Pope.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James intern as in Atlanta?

2. Where does the author's mother take him as a two-year-old along with his four-year-old brother, Joe?

3. On whom does ritual require a newly-ordained priest to first perform his priestly blessing?

4. Despite years of religious training as an altar boy, catechism and religion classes, how is James regarding the Bible and theology?

5. God, government, and what else keep James in conflict?

(see the answer key)

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