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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 Scott begin to discover about Sola Fide?

2. With what does Kimberly become increasingly uncomfortable?

3. What does Scott eventually realize that he must do?

4. To what does Scott become deeply attached?

5. What does this job give him time to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what church is Scott Hahn raised?

2. How is Scott's job as assistant to the president of Grove City College beneficial for him?

3. Describe Scott's teenage years.

4. What do Scott and his fellow seminarians feel about the Catholic tradition?

5. What is known about Kimberly from this chapter?

6. How does Kimberly feel about all that has taken place in this chapter?

7. What career would Kimberly like to have? Why does she change her mind?

8. What does Scott do when he begins his pastorate in Virginia?

9. How is his conversion to Catholicism foreshadowed?

10. What does Scott realize about his pastorate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of the story is told from first Scott's perspective, then Kimberly's perspective.

Part 1) Why might be the reason for this story being told this way? What are your thoughts on this organization of the story? How might this support their beliefs about a husband and wife?

Part 2) Describe Scott's perspective throughout the book. Describe Kimberly's perspective. How do these two perspectives compare? How do the contrasts in their perspectives lead to a struggle? Hod do they reconcile? Could they have reconciled with differing religious beliefs? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might their relationship reveal the struggles of many marriages between two people of differing beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

For much of the story, Kimberly's beliefs and feelings contrast with Scott's.

Part 1) How and when do their beliefs being to differ? How do these differences affect each of them?

Part 2) How do these characters reconcile? Was the reconciliation foreshadowed? If so, how? If not, how was it surprising or unexpected?

Part 3) Do you believe these characters will stay reconciled? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Scott questions sola scriptura.

Part 1) What is sola scriptura? Why does Scott question this? Why does he believe it is contradictory? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does Scott begin to believe traditions outside of Scripture is acceptable? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this questioning, as well as other doubts, lead to his leaving his pastorate? Should he have left? Why or why not?

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