View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, "The Last Word".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe's childhood compare to the social standing he later achieves?
(a) It stands in stark contrast.
(b) It is somewhat different.
(c) Same social standing, but in a different city.
(d) It is very similar.

2. James recalls when he and his fellow candidates lie prostrate on the cold stone floor of St. Paul the Apostle Church. What ceremony is this?
(a) The Passover ceremony.
(b) Reformation Sunday.
(c) The ordination ceremony.
(d) The Holy Eucharist.

3. James recalls that by 1993, he no longer fears nuclear war. Why?
(a) The 1960's war-mongers are held off in part by his father's efforts.
(b) He has built a fallout shelter.
(c) The U.S. has destroyed all of its nuclear weapons.
(d) No other nation has nuclear war capabilities.

4. Who does His Holiness address for its twentieth-year celebration?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) The Catholic Church of America.
(c) The Paulist Fathers.
(d) The United Nations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are students at this university notorious?

2. Daniel Berrigan becomes a national hero. What is Spellman forced to do?

3. Who becomes to James, for the first time, a man with whom he can identify?

4. The author reflects on perceptions that he and his father give up worlds they love. Why?

5. Of what does the seventy-year-old Joe Carroll shows signs?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 264 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample