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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 Carroll's DIA report show?

2. How does James thank "Mr. Johnson" for ending the war?

3. Who arrests James for protesting Igloo White at Hansom Air Force Base?

4. As what is the Catholic Student Center also known?

5. Who reminds James of Air Force chaplains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does James have a hard time promising to obey and respect Cardinal Cooke and his successors?

2. Why does the President begin to reject escalation of the war and refuse any use of nuclear weapons?

3. How is James' friendship with Patrick Hughes significant?

4. What does the FBI do to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

5. How does Martin Luther King, Jr. react when John F. Kennedy tells him Levison, King's adviser, is a one-time Communist Party official with ties to Moscow that risk civil-rights legislation in Congress?

6. Ritual requires a newly-ordained priest perform his first priestly blessing on his parents. How do his parents react?

7. How is Father Daniel Berrigan caught?

8. Why does James feel out of place among the working-class Irish novices?

9. How does Father Daniel Berrigan protest the war?

10. What is the General's opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When given a crayon, Joseph, in the depths of his Alzheimer's, writes his wife's name repeatedly.

Part 1) Why do you think he does this?

Part 2) What does this say about his choice to leave the seminary and wed Mary?

Part 3) How might this make Mary feel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Silence is a theme throughout this book.

Part 1) When are characters silent in this book?

Part 2) Why are they silent?

Part 3) How does their silence affect the choices they make and their relationships with those around them?

Essay Topic 3

James is both priest and poet.

Part 1) How does he come to be both?

Part 2) How does he struggle with these two callings?

Part 3) At the end of the book, is he a priest, poet, or both? Explain.

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