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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. Who becomes famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers?
(a) Cardinal Spellman.
(b) James Carroll.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) Daniel Ellsberg.

2. As what is the Catholic Student Center also known?
(a) The Center for the Lord.
(b) The Newman Center.
(c) The Center for Peace.
(d) The Carroll Center.

3. How does James thank "Mr. Johnson" for ending the war?
(a) In person.
(b) He writes a personal letter.
(c) On the telephone.
(d) During a meal at the White House.

4. God, government, and what else keep James in conflict?
(a) His calling.
(b) Writing.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Girls.

5. What does James intern as in Atlanta?
(a) A lay assistant.
(b) A pastoral counselor.
(c) A therapist.
(d) An Air Force cadet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James feels his life ends when he enters seminary and that as a child he first hears the word as what?

3. Senator Eugene McCarthy declares his candidacy for president on what platform?

4. On whom does ritual require a newly-ordained priest to first perform his priestly blessing?

5. On what does James learn Catholic beliefs in scripture, events and characters are based?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the President begin to reject escalation of the war and refuse any use of nuclear weapons?

2. Describe James' second revolution.

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

4. His Holiness addresses the United Nations for its twentieth-year celebration.

5. How is Boston University a good fit for Father Carroll?

6. 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?

7. How is James' friendship with Patrick Hughes significant?

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

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

10. Why does James feel out of place among the working-class Irish novices?

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