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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kennedy is assassinated, what does Johnson take over?
(a) The presidency.
(b) The war.
(c) The administration and the war.
(d) The Democratic Party.

2. In November 1965, who sets himself on fire at the Pentagon?
(a) A hippie from San Francisco.
(b) A Quaker war-protester.
(c) A German soldier.
(d) A Neo-Nazi.

3. Where does James begin seminary training in 1963?
(a) College of the Benedictine.
(b) St. Mark's College.
(c) St. Francis College.
(d) St. Paul's College.

4. What does he instruct James to do?
(a) Join the FBI.
(b) Move back to Chicago.
(c) Become a priest.
(d) Drive his mother and brothers south to Richmond.

5. Senator Eugene McCarthy declares his candidacy for president on what platform?
(a) A segregationist platform.
(b) A green platform.
(c) A war platform.
(d) An anti-war platform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph believe his own pride causes?

2. Who symbolically unites the Elvis sexuality and the priestly celibacy?

3. What does Joseph begin to repeat?

4. Why does Robert Kennedy send federal marshals instead of FBI agents to protect James Meredith at Ole Miss?

5. What begins James' breakdown in shared understanding with his father?

(see the answer key)

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