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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. What does Joseph believe his own pride causes?

2. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?

3. He finishes preaching his first sermon by reaffirming General Lemay's SAC motto. What is that motto?

4. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?

5. How is Joe's father, "Dike" Carroll, occasionally employed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the discussions about use of nuclear weapons in preemptive strikes on China and the Soviet Union that James remembers?

2. How does Joe become a part of Kelly's political hypocrisy?

3. How do 1950s Americans perceive Pope Pius XII?

4. How does Roosevelt's inauguration differ from past presidential inaugurations?

5. How does James honor his father in this chapter?

6. Upon what does James reflect at the end of the chapter, regarding B-52s and nuclear war?

7. What is known about Francis Cardinal Spellman?

8. What does the B-52 Bomber symbolize to James?

9. Why does Joe feel like a disgrace for leaving the seminary?

10. Upon what does James Carroll reflect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe feels like a disgrace for leaving the seminary.

Part 1) Why does he leave the seminary?

Part 2) Why does he feel guilty for leaving? What curse manifests from his leaving the seminary?

Part 3) How does his disgrace linger for the rest of the life?

Essay Topic 2

Father James continues to have struggles with his vocation and decides to spend the summer on retreat in the Holy Land to reconsider his vocation.

Part 1) What does James do in the Holy Land?

Part 2) Who does he meet? How does he help him in his decision-making?

Part 3) How does James resolve this struggle?

Essay Topic 3

Cardinal Cooke asks candidates to promise to obey and respect him and his successors as he enfolds their hands.

Part 1) Why does James have a hard time accepting this?

Part 2) How does this keep power out of the hands of individual priests?

Part 3) Imagine how you would feel in his position. How would you have handled this situation?

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