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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Imposition".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James do a week before entering the novitiate?
(a) He dates the Vice-President's daughter and tries unsuccessfully to have sex.
(b) He begins to write a religious-based novel.
(c) He prays about what his calling truly is.
(d) He meets with Allen Tate to show him several of his poems.

2. What do President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara not know about Spellman?
(a) He plays golf.
(b) He helps instigate the war.
(c) He is not favored by the Pope.
(d) He will be ordaining James.

3. Joe and his family leave Chicago for FBI training. After training, where are they assigned?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What does James return to Washington as a seminarian to study?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Human evolution.
(d) Philosophy and theology.

5. What type of student is James in high school?
(a) A "C" student.
(b) A musician.
(c) A member of Glee Club.
(d) An "A" student.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does His Holiness address for its twentieth-year celebration?

2. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?

3. James and Joe junior accompany their father to what base in Puerto Rico?

4. James Carroll reminisces on experiences as a young boy growing up in what city?

5. Where is the Chapel located?

(see the answer key)

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