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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. What does Sister Aloysius say happened to her husband?
2. In which place does Sister Aloysius says innocence is wisdom?
3. Where does Scene 4 take place?
4. Besides taking the students for ice cream, what other trip does Father Flynn suggest for the boys?
5. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Sister Aloysius so certain that someone will hit Donald Muller?
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. What is Father Flynn's relationship with the boys on the basketball team like?
5. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot close her eyes to the situation with Father Flynn and Donald Muller?
6. In Scene 1, why does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon feel despair when clouds cover the sky?
7. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot afford an excessively innocent teacher?
8. Why does Father Flynn say even in individual doubt, one is not alone?
9. In Scene 4, why does Sister Aloysius say that she cannot live her life in innocence?
10. Why does Sister Aloysius want to see Sister James become more self-confident?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Doubt: A Parable contains several instances of symbolism, such as Father Flynn's fingernails, the crows harassing Father Flynn, the pruning of the rosebush, etc. Choose two symbols from the play. Discuss what each of them represents and provide evidence from the play.
Essay Topic 2
How do Father Flynn's views on doubt, as seen is his sermon on doubt delivered in Scene 1, differ from the actual consequences of doubt as shown through the actions of the play? Use specific examples from the play to support your ideas.
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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