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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. James reads an account of his father's conspiracy to destroy whom?

2. What bill does President Johnson propose? He ends his speech with "we shall overcome" and becomes an ally of King's.

3. Who does His Holiness address for its twentieth-year celebration?

4. James' appointment with Tate is interrupted by what personal tragedy the night before?

5. What convinces James to be Patrick Hughes' friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Father Daniel Berrigan protest the war?

2. What is the tone difference between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover?

3. How does Martin Luther King, Jr. react when John F. Kennedy tells him Levison, King's adviser, is a one-time Communist Party official with ties to Moscow that risk civil-rights legislation in Congress?

4. How is Father Daniel Berrigan caught?

5. What leads to General Carroll's feelings towards Martin Luther King, Jr.?

6. How does James feel about his calling as both priest and poet?

7. What is James' opinion of segregation and white supremacy as a child?

8. General Carroll is chairman of a Washington dinner to honor Hoover. He asks Father James to offer the benediction. How does Father James react?

9. Why does James have a hard time promising to obey and respect Cardinal Cooke and his successors?

10. General Carroll's DIA offers up analysis that the bombing is having no effect on Hanoi's ability to wage war. How do the Joint Chiefs respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The government attempts to destroy Martin Luther King, Jr.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) How?

Part 3) Are they successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When given a crayon, Joseph, in the depths of his Alzheimer's, writes his wife's name repeatedly.

Part 1) Why do you think he does this?

Part 2) What does this say about his choice to leave the seminary and wed Mary?

Part 3) How might this make Mary feel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

James goes through three revolutions of change.

Part 1) What are the three revolutions?

Part 2) Give examples from the text that show these revolutions.

Part 3) How do these revolutions influence him later in life?

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