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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 is Sister James' reaction to the reason Father Flynn gives for his private meeting with Donald Muller?
2. In his first sermon, what does Father Flynn say can be as powerful and sustaining as certainty?
3. What disease did Father Flynn's childhood acquaintance, Timmy Mathisson get?
4. According to Father Flynn, what do you do with your teammates during a basketball game?
5. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say it is her job to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sister Aloysius think the song Frosty the Snowman is heretical?
2. 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?
3. Why does Father Flynn say it's important to have a routine for shooting a free throw?
4. According to Father Flynn, how did President Kennedy's death bring people together?
5. Why does Father Flynn say even in individual doubt, one is not alone?
6. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius refer to when she says that every easy choice today has a consequence tomorrow?
7. In Scene 1, why does Father Flynn say a private calamity is worse than a public one?
8. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot afford an excessively innocent teacher?
9. What is Father Flynn's relationship with the boys on the basketball team like?
10. Why is Sister Aloysius so certain that someone will hit Donald Muller?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Scene 6 is extremely short, yet it serves an important purpose in the play. What is the purpose of Scene 6? Why does this brief scene work so well to achieve the author's purpose?
Essay Topic 2
What do Father Flynn's long fingernails tells us about him? What do they represent? How does Sister Aloysius feel about his fingernails? Why are Father Flynn's long fingernails significant?
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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