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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) God.
(b) Land.
(c) Truth.
(d) His home.

2. In Scene 3, what is Father Flynn wearing?
(a) His priest's robe.
(b) Dress pants and a dress shirt.
(c) Sweat shirt and pants.
(d) Shorts and a t-shirt.

3. In the parable of the sailor, what is the raft made of?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Spars.
(c) Cargo boxes.
(d) A lifeboat.

4. What does Father Flynn say is on the other side of the glass from happy, untroubled people when he delivers the sermon in the opening scene?
(a) Your neighbor.
(b) You.
(c) Everyone else.
(d) Nothing.

5. According to Sister Aloysius, what is satisfaction?
(a) A virtue.
(b) A vice.
(c) Evil.
(d) What brought the cat back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the crew of the ship in the parable of the sailor?

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

4. In the sermon delivered in Scene 1, for how long is the sailor at sea without a navigational aid?

5. Who teaches the physical education and religion classes?

(see the answer key)

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