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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "A Priest Forever".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes James' life and leads to a weekly review of two poems?
(a) A visit by Allen Tate to the college.
(b) A summer writing workshop taught by Allen Tate.
(c) Patrick Hughes' friendship.
(d) A literature course in school.

2. Where does Joe Carroll work to support his family?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In a bank.
(c) For the Chicago Tribune.
(d) In the Chicago stockyards.

3. James hopes his ROTC unit is picked to march in whose parade?
(a) Nixon's.
(b) Eisenhower's.
(c) Hoover's.
(d) Kennedy's.

4. In 1959, why does the Pope convene an Ecumenical Council?
(a) To change the Bible.
(b) To meet with members of other religions.
(c) To refresh the Church.
(d) To meet new priests.

5. What begins James' breakdown in shared understanding with his father?
(a) The Paulist order.
(b) His leaving the priesthood.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Civil Rights movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Chapel located?

2. Who represents Catholic Irish-American ambition?

3. King is wiretapped, and what does his sexual behavior replace as an issue?

4. Of what is this sexual image the opposite in James' life?

5. What does Joe Carroll do as James blesses him and lays hands on his head?

(see the answer key)

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