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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe bring into his room so he can practice contemplation alone?
(a) A footstool.
(b) A prie-dieu.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A desk.

2. What does Father Stock tell Joe and Toohey that the new priests will be doing, which Joe disagrees with?
(a) Sitting quietly and observing Mass.
(b) Taking up a special collection.
(c) Recruiting new, wealthy parishioners.
(d) Going door to door to collect money after Mass.

3. During a lecture, Joe asks how to make what as attractive as sex to the common man?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Sanctity.
(c) Church going.
(d) Becoming a priest.

4. Who carries Joe upstairs to his room in Chapter 1?
(a) Uncle Bobby.
(b) Joe’s mother.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Joe’s father.

5. What is the title of Chapter 1 of Wheat that Springeth Green?
(a) Uncle Bobby.
(b) See Me.
(c) I eat cheese!.
(d) Look at Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe begin to carry to fend off Boots?

2. Who does Joe feel are “in a class by themselves...[having] the power to turn water and wine into [the Lord’s] body” (10).

3. Why does Joe feel he is being blamed for the Rector’s death in Chapter 4?

4. What does Joe see in the beginning of Chapter 4 in the Rector’s study while his is a seminarian?

5. What happens to Joe at the end of Chapter 3, which ends his relationship with Dora and Frances?

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