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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the parable of the sailor, what is the raft made of?
(a) A lifeboat.
(b) Spars.
(c) Reeds.
(d) Cargo boxes.

2. According to Sister Aloysius, what is a form of laziness?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Lack of ambition.
(c) Skipping church.
(d) Skipping class.

3. Who teaches the physical education and religion classes?
(a) Sister Aloysius.
(b) Sister Veronica.
(c) Father Flynn.
(d) Sister James.

4. What is Sister James' class doing while she is with Sister Aloysius in Scene 2?
(a) Recess.
(b) Attending art class.
(c) Attending gym class.
(d) Having lunch.

5. When speaking about doubt in Scene 1, what does Father Flynn say is worse than a society sharing a sense of despair?
(a) A private calamity.
(b) A joy not shared.
(c) Lies.
(d) A society in fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 1, what does Father Flynn say that only God knows about the isolated affected people?

2. In Father Flynn's sermon on doubt, what did he say binds people together?

3. What does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon on doubt believe he may have once seen and has to hold on to without further reassurance?

4. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?

5. In what year does the play take place?

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