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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. In Scene 2, who is described as watchful, reserved, and unsentimental?
2. What is Father Flynn's reaction when his private meeting with Donald Muller is brought up during the meeting in Sister Aloysius' office?
3. What does Father Flynn say was his reason for meeting with Donald Muller?
4. What Christmas song does Sister Aloysius say is heretical?
5. In the sermon delivered in Scene 1, for how long is the sailor at sea without a navigational aid?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Sister Aloysius think William London is headed for trouble?
3. Why does Father Flynn compare the sailor's despair to a crisis of faith?
4. In Scene 1, why does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon feel despair when clouds cover the sky?
5. Why does Sister Aloysius want to see Sister James become more self-confident?
6. What is Father Flynn's relationship with the boys on the basketball team like?
7. Why does Sister Aloysius think the song Frosty the Snowman is heretical?
8. Why does Father Flynn say it is dangerous to think at the foul line?
9. In Scene 1, why does Father Flynn say a private calamity is worse than a public one?
10. In Scene 2, what is Sister Aloysius talking about when she asks: what good is a gift when it is left in the box?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are so many ways in which doubt is raised throughout the course of the play. In Scene 5, we see a confrontation between Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius, and by the end the audience is left wondering if the battle is more personal than professional. What is your opinion on the confrontation? Is Sister Aloysius simply out to get Father Flynn because of personal differences, or is she truly concerned about his professional role with the students and their well-being? Provide examples to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
What is the importance of gender roles in the play? How do they affect the interactions of the characters and the plot?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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