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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. 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 Holy Eucharist.
(b) The ordination ceremony.
(c) The Passover ceremony.
(d) Reformation Sunday.

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

3. Despite years of religious training as an altar boy, catechism and religion classes, how is James regarding the Bible and theology?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Knowdedgeable.
(c) Confused.
(d) Misunderstood.

4. What does Mary Carroll remind her son about Cardinal Spellman?
(a) He is looking for a golf caddy.
(b) He is not favored by the Pope.
(c) He is a good friend.
(d) He is looking forward to ordaining James.

5. James sees King once in person, and what is his opinion of King?
(a) His father is right in believing King is void of all morals.
(b) He can not be trusted.
(c) He is a liar and a coward.
(d) King is the only public figure to which he is personally devoted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph ask of his son at Christmas dinner, 1965?

2. To what is the conflict between James and his father limited?

3. Why do countless Air Force chaplains attend in full dress?

4. Where is no one allowed to truly speak his mind?

5. Who does Cardinal Spellman meet in 1950?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Martin Luther King, Jr. react when John F. Kennedy tells him Levison, King's adviser, is a one-time Communist Party official with ties to Moscow that risk civil-rights legislation in Congress?

3. What discussions are held at the Carroll dinner table?

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

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

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

7. General Carroll is chairman of a Washington dinner to honor Hoover. He asks Father James to offer the benediction. How does Father James react?

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

9. 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?

10. How is Father Daniel Berrigan caught?

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