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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon on doubt believe he may have once seen and has to hold on to without further reassurance?
(a) His home.
(b) Truth.
(c) God.
(d) Land.

2. In the sermon delivered in Scene 1, for how long is the sailor at sea without a navigational aid?
(a) One month.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 20 days.

3. In what year does the play take place?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1964.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1985.

4. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to do after getting dressed?
(a) Get to class.
(b) Report back to the gym.
(c) Go do their homework.
(d) Go to the rectory for kool aid and cookies.

5. In his first sermon, what does Father Flynn say can be as powerful and sustaining as certainty?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Flynn tell Ralph he thinks is funny?

2. In Scene 2, who is described as watchful, reserved, and unsentimental?

3. What does Father Flynn tell the boys that a routine will do for them?

4. What is happening to Sister Veronica?

5. What happens after the sailor sets his course in the parable of the sailor?

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