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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. "On the floor of the forest are millions of ________. It takes only a spark to set them ablaze."

2. What is the new name on the identification card for Cardinal Bem? Stanislaus ____________.

3. What is the sound Cardinal Bem hears when he wakes up in the morning after his all too brief sleep?

4. State Television informs the Cardinal that he may make a ______________ broadcast to his people.

5. What did the Cardinal buy with the change he had left after buying his bus ticket to go to a new city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cardinal Bem think of when he spends his time with the destitute under the bridge?

2. What does the Cardinal see at the police station when he arrives with Janik?

3. What does the Prime Minister think about the Cardinal's involvement in the terrorist attack?

4. What are the bishops supposed to be doing at the residences of the archiepiscopal?

5. What happens when Cardinal Bem is changing for the mass at the celebration?

6. What does the Cardinal learn that children have been doing along with a priest in the town?

7. What is the part of Archbishop Krasnoy's speech that makes the Cardinal realize he was in on the plan?

8. Who is the Waldemar Keller person that Archbishop Krasnoy and Bishop John admit to working with?

9. What makes Colonel Vrona agree to the new plan of the Cardinal's when the Cardinal insists?

10. How does Cardinal Bem begin to experience his own personal version of hell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Killing the Cardinal was meant to inspire religious rioting in the cities.

Part 1: Why do you think the death of the Cardinal would have started religious riots?

Part 2: Do you think religious riots are an effective way to create change? Why or why not?

Part 3: What is another non-violent way that the extremists could have discredited the Cardinal? Why would this work?

Essay Topic 2

The colonel informs the Cardinal that the people think the Cardinal has turned his back on the church.

Part 1: Why do you think the colonel tells the Cardinal this bit of information?

Part 2: Do you think you would believe that a religious leader would side with the government before his church or temple? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think the colonel's statement has any validity? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Cardinal is taken hostage under false pretenses in order to keep him from stopping the speech from the Archbishop.

Part 1: Why do you think the Cardinal is not told of his captivity?

Part 2: Why do you think the Cardinal doesn't try to escape when he sees the cars are not the same as the Security Police usually drive?

Part 3: Do you think you would realized something was not right with the situation the Cardinal was in? Why or why not?

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