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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. What disease did Father Flynn's childhood acquaintance, Timmy Mathisson get?
(a) Ringworms.
(b) Spinal meningitis.
(c) TB.
(d) Cancer.

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

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

4. Where does Scene 4 take place?
(a) In the gym.
(b) On the front lawn of the school.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In Sister Aloysius' office.

5. In the opening scene of the play, Father Flynn describes the sailor's dilemma as what?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) A crisis of faith.
(c) A loss of hope.
(d) A trivial matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister Aloysius say happened to her husband?

2. According to Father Flynn, when you're at the free throw line, it's you versus who?

3. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say she thinks Monsignor Benedict does not know?

4. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?

5. In what year does the play take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father Flynn tell the boys about his childhood acquaintance Timmy Mathisson?

2. In Scene 5, what makes Father Flynn have an idea to preach a sermon on intolerance?

3. Why is Sister Aloysius anxious at the beginning of Scene 5?

4. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot close her eyes to the situation with Father Flynn and Donald Muller?

5. In Scene 1, why does Father Flynn say a private calamity is worse than a public one?

6. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius refer to when she says that every easy choice today has a consequence tomorrow?

7. Why does Father Flynn say even in individual doubt, one is not alone?

8. When Sister Aloysius says good teachers are never content, what does she mean?

9. How do we know that this play is set in 1964?

10. According to Father Flynn, how did President Kennedy's death bring people together?

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