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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. Why does Coral tell her father she would not allow the lieutenant to search the place?
2. What is going through the stranger's head as he walks with the boy?
3. To what Biblical character does the priest compare the mestizo?
4. What fleeting impulse comes over Father José?
5. How do the people respond to his reappearance in the village?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mr. Trench and the priest meet?
2. Describe the general situation as the novel opens.
3. Who comes knocking at the door and what does he want?
4. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?
5. Why is he not welcome in his home town?
6. As the lieutenant walks through the town, what indicates that he is the main antagonist in the novel?
7. The mother who reads religious stories to her children is important in the story. How does Greene use this family to punctuate the fact that the common people want the Church returned?
8. Just as the mass is concluding, what occurs in the village?
9. After the priest gets his bottle of wine, what happens to it?
10. Describe the condition of Father José at that time.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper about the mestizo as a personification of Satan. Use examples of his physical description and his cunning ways to show how he, and not the lieutenant, is the representation of pure evil in the novel. Include the interaction between him and the priest to show how he was able to use the priest's deep seated faith to work against him.
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, the stories the mother reads to her children are about a young boy named Juan who grows up to become a priest and later a saint. The story runs in serial form throughout the novel. Write a paper about how this story parallels the life of the priest and ultimately changes the boy's attitude toward the Church.
Essay Topic 3
In meeting his daughter, Brigetta, the priest is aware of an immense load of responsibility not distinguishable from love. Write a paper on how you feel that love makes one obligated to the person loved. Use examples of parents and young children and older children with aged parents. Relate the idea to your sense of obligation to someone you love.
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