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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who takes sugar in their tea during the meeting between Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn, and Sister James?
2. What does Sister Aloysius say causes nuns to fall like dominoes?
3. In the sermon delivered in Scene 1, for how long is the sailor at sea without a navigational aid?
4. What song does Sister Aloysius finally consent to having in the Christmas pageant?
5. What idea does Father Flynn have for a sermon while meeting with Sister Aloysius in Scene 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Father Flynn say it's important to have a routine for shooting a free throw?
2. Why does Sister Aloysius think the song Frosty the Snowman is heretical?
3. In Scene 5, when Father Flynn says that the sound of the wind must have been very lonely in frontier days, under what circumstance does Sister Aloysius say it would be lonely?
4. In Scene 2, what is Sister Aloysius talking about when she asks: what good is a gift when it is left in the box?
5. In Scene 1, why does Father Flynn say a private calamity is worse than a public one?
6. Why does Father Flynn say it is dangerous to think at the foul line?
7. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot afford an excessively innocent teacher?
8. Why is Sister Aloysius' work with the rosebush similar to her work at the school?
9. In Scene 1, why does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon feel despair when clouds cover the sky?
10. How do we know that this play is set in 1964?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several times throughout the play we see characters performing typical daily routines, such as pruning a rosebush, listening to the radio, or talking to a basketball team. Yet not a word in this play is wasted. Each action is meant to reveal something about the characters. Write and essay examining two routine actions seen in the play and discuss what they reveal about the character performing them.
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of instances of compassion in this play. Compassion is displayed by characters we don't expect compassion from, and for characters we aren't certain deserve compassion. Write an essay discussing the ways in which compassion is used in this play. Who shows compassion and towards whom? Is the compassion warranted? From whom do we see unexpected compassion?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author use the narrative technique of parables more than once in the play? What purpose does this repetition serve? Why is the play itself a parable? What characteristics of a parable does it have and what is the intended lesson?
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