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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, who is the other new priest with Joe as Father Stock tells them the order of the next day’s Mass?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Mooney.
(c) Cooney.
(d) Rooney.

2. Why does Bob Rooney take on most of the responsibilities at his parish?
(a) He is a control freak.
(b) His pastor thinks that is his job.
(c) He is a perfectionist.
(d) His pastor has a drinking problem.

3. What does 15-year-old Joe begin to do in his cellar over the summer in Chapter 3?
(a) Write about his life.
(b) Drink, smoke, and look at pornography.
(c) Pray.
(d) Play music.

4. What does the Rector give to Hrdlicka, which Joe convinces him to give to Joe before he leaves?
(a) The Rector’s robe.
(b) The Rector’s bible.
(c) The Rector’s hair shirt.
(d) The Rector’s cross.

5. What does Joe’s seminary class debate during their first meeting after graduation?
(a) How to raise money for the church.
(b) The role of church in the community.
(c) Contemplation vs. doing the job of a priest.
(d) Secular vs. religious clergy.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a lecture, Joe asks how to make what as attractive as sex to the common man?

2. What church is Joe appointed assistant in Chapter 6?

3. Who gets upset with Joe during a class gathering when Joe says that the “priest’s life....has to be rooted in contemplation” (71)?

4. What does Joe excel at in Immaculata High School?

5. What does Father Stock do when a homeless man does not pay for his ice cream?

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