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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "The Pope Speaks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does James feel as if he knows the Pope?
(a) He hears about him every day at school.
(b) He has met him several times.
(c) He sees the Pope's picture everywhere.
(d) He sees him on television.

2. Who believes human nature is incapable of good?
(a) An Irish Jansenist.
(b) A French Boiserrie.
(c) A Scottish Methodist.
(d) An English Transcendentalist.

3. Where is the Chapel located?
(a) On the north side of the Potomac River.
(b) On the east side of the Potomac River.
(c) On the south side of the Potomac River.
(d) On the west side of the Potomac River.

4. Of what is Joe junior a sign?
(a) Of shame.
(b) God's approval for the neighbors to see.
(c) There is a God.
(d) God's disapproval.

5. Who is the ever-present symbol and embodiment of the Catholic Church?
(a) Priests.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Cardinals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe feel about leaving the seminary?

2. Who is a sexual image ideal for the author?

3. Who prophecies a valley full of vast quantities of dry bones?

4. What do the Catholics call the Chapel?

5. Who represents Catholic Irish-American ambition?

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