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James P. Carroll

An American Requiem | Quiz

James P. Carroll
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1)

What type of student is James in high school? (from Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks")

A member of Glee Club.
A musician.
An "A" student.
A "C" student.
2)

What must Father Carroll do to be released from his vows? (from Chapter 11, "The Last Word")

Write a letter of resignation to the Pope.
Confess serious violations.
Get married.
Denounce Catholicism.
3)

To where does the Carroll family return from Germany in 1960? (from Chapter 5, "Joy to My Youth")

Washington.
Chicago.
New York.
Boston.
4)

What is a highlight of James' parent's life? (from Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks")

Having their children.
Carroll graduating from high school.
Living in Germany.
Introduction to the new Pope.
5)

The author reflects on perceptions that he and his father give up worlds they love. Why? (from Chapter 5, "Joy to My Youth")

For war.
For their country.
For peace.
For what they want.
6)

What changes James' life and leads to a weekly review of two poems? (from Chapter 6, "A Religious Education")

A literature course in school.
A summer writing workshop taught by Allen Tate.
Patrick Hughes' friendship.
A visit by Allen Tate to the college.
7)

Of what does the seventy-year-old Joe Carroll shows signs? (from Chapter 11, "The Last Word")

Diabetes.
Cancer.
Good health.
Alzheimer's.
8)

What else is Joe no longer able to do, besides speak? (from Chapter 11, "The Last Word")

Read.
Pray.
Write.
See.
9)

What do James and fellow novices do on the edge of a lake? (from Chapter 6, "A Religious Education")

Swim.
Fish.
Contemplate their choice to join the priesthood.
Bet when it will freeze over.
10)

James is in college now and working as what for the summer? (from Chapter 5, "Joy to My Youth")

An Air Force aid.
A football coach.
An FBI cryptanalyst's aid.
A pastor.
11)

To what is the conflict between James and his father limited? (from Chapter 8, "Holy War")

The priesthood.
The Air Force.
The Vietnam War.
The Civil Rights movement.
12)

How does James read the Bible for the first time? (from Chapter 6, "A Religious Education")

As a living thing.
Starting with the New Testament.
Very slowly.
Using the Hebrew Bible.
13)

What does James believe the B-52's utility and longevity discourage? (from Chapter 5, "Joy to My Youth")

Other countries to attack us.
More destructive bombers.
War.
The Air Force from using them.
14)

How does James feel at his ordination? (from Chapter 9, "The Imposition")

He is happy.
He feels betrayed.
He is fearful.
He is unsure.
15)

What dream does James abandon, when he chooses to attend seminary school? (from Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks")

To join the Navy.
To marry.
To be a professional football player.
To follow General Carroll in the Air Force.
16)

What do President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara not know about Spellman? (from Chapter 8, "Holy War")

He helps instigate the war.
He plays golf.
He is not favored by the Pope.
He will be ordaining James.
17)

Nixon is in office and plans to do what with the Vietnam War? (from Chapter 9, "The Imposition")

Escalate it.
Ask other countries for assistance.
End it.
Slowly remove soldiers from Vietnam.
18)

When the General and Mary reunite with James at St. Paul's College and walk up Fourth Street, to where do they walk? (from Chapter 7, "Capers in Chains")

The Catholic Archidiacese.
The Washington Monument.
The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The Lincoln Memorial.
19)

Why does James organize a citizens' tribunal to indict J. Edgar Hoover? (from Chapter 10, "A Priest Forever")

For betraying his father.
For FBI abuses.
For his segregationist views.
For his assination attempt of the President.
20)

What does Joe Carroll hoard? (from Chapter 11, "The Last Word")

Crosses.
Cigarettes.
Flowers.
Small trinkets.
21)

James feels his life ends when he enters seminary and that as a child he first hears the word as what? (from Chapter 6, "A Religious Education")

Sedimentary.
Crematory.
Cinnamon.
Cemetery.
22)

James sees King once in person, and what is his opinion of King? (from Chapter 7, "Capers in Chains")

King is the only public figure to which he is personally devoted.
He can not be trusted.
His father is right in believing King is void of all morals.
He is a liar and a coward.
23)

To what is the author resistant? (from Chapter 6, "A Religious Education")

His father.
The military.
Authority.
Christianity.
24)

Who does Cardinal Spellman meet in 1950? (from Chapter 8, "Holy War")

Secretary of Defense McNamara.
President Johnson.
Ngo Dinh Diem.
The Pope.
25)

Who represents Catholic Irish-American ambition? (from Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks")

Spellman.
Chess.
Carroll.
Eisenhower.
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