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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius want Sister James to be with the children?
(a) Easygoing.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Caring.
(d) Alert.

2. What does Father Flynn say about his fingernails?
(a) They are long, but clean.
(b) He needs to cut them.
(c) He gets manicures.
(d) He likes to chew them.

3. In Father Flynn's opening sermon, he mentions what event that happened the year before the play takes place?
(a) The Supreme Court's Miranda decision.
(b) The release of the first Beatles album.
(c) President Kennedy's assassination.
(d) France performs an underground nuclear test.

4. How does the sailor in Father Flynn's opening sermon navigate?
(a) He has help from the captain.
(b) He doesn't navigate.
(c) Using a compass.
(d) By the stars.

5. In Father Flynn's sermon on doubt, what did he say binds people together?
(a) Joy.
(b) God.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hopelessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister Aloysius say boys are made of?

2. In the opening scene of the play, Father Flynn describes the sailor's dilemma as what?

3. In the parable of the sailor, what is the raft made of?

4. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?

5. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?

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