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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius ask Sister James to do when Sister Veronica is on the stone stairs?
(a) Move out of the way.
(b) Lead Sister Veronica down.
(c) Come and get Sister Aloysius.
(d) Alert Father Flynn.

2. In Father Flynn's sermon on doubt, what did he say binds people together?
(a) Joy.
(b) God.
(c) Hopelessness.
(d) Anger.

3. What happens to the ship in the parable of the sailor told by Father Flynn in Scene 1?
(a) It arrives safely at the harbor.
(b) It sinks.
(c) The entire crew becomes ill.
(d) They throw Jonah overboard.

4. What is happening to Sister Veronica?
(a) She is going blind.
(b) She is going deaf.
(c) She is dying of cancer.
(d) She is retiring.

5. How does the sailor in Father Flynn's opening sermon navigate?
(a) By the stars.
(b) He doesn't navigate.
(c) Using a compass.
(d) He has help from the captain.

Short Answer 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?

2. In Father Flynn's opening sermon, he mentions what event that happened the year before the play takes place?

3. In his first sermon, what does Father Flynn say can be as powerful and sustaining as certainty?

4. What does Sister Aloysius think of the children's dance class?

5. In the opening scene of the play, Father Flynn describes the sailor's dilemma as what?

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