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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. These priests focus on a defensive Catholic Church and a hostile American culture.
(a) Markist Fathers.
(b) Benedictine Fathers.
(c) Franciscan Fathers.
(d) Paulist Fathers.

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

3. What does the General call Martin Luther King?
(a) A leader of the free.
(b) A religious role model.
(c) The most notorious liar in America.
(d) A great man.

4. King is wiretapped, and what does his sexual behavior replace as an issue?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) Marxist thugs.
(c) Communist infiltration.
(d) The Republican Party.

5. Who is delighted to be a personal guest of Cardinal Spellman's and helps welcome the Pope?
(a) James Carroll.
(b) Joseph Carroll.
(c) Brian Carroll.
(d) Mary Carroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. James reads an account of his father's conspiracy to destroy whom?

2. James is a boy in southern Alexandria and raised in what traditions?

3. Why does James organize a citizens' tribunal to indict J. Edgar Hoover?

4. The Cardinal ritually anoints James' hands and wraps them in linen bands that are given to his mother. What power does this give James?

5. Whose point of view does James present on the Cavett Show?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the text show James is beginning to agree with his friends and associates who think he can follow Patrick's example of self-confidence and risk-taking by skating on his own thin ice?

2. How is the author resistant to authority?

3. Ritual requires a newly-ordained priest perform his first priestly blessing on his parents. How do his parents react?

4. What is the tone difference between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover?

5. What is the General's opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

6. What is James' opinion of segregation and white supremacy as a child?

7. General Carroll's DIA offers up analysis that the bombing is having no effect on Hanoi's ability to wage war. How do the Joint Chiefs respond?

8. What does the FBI do to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

9. What leads to General Carroll's feelings towards Martin Luther King, Jr.?

10. Why does James have a hard time promising to obey and respect Cardinal Cooke and his successors?

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