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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. How does the priest awake the morning of his scheduled execution?
2. Why does the priest say that the lieutenant's dream of helping the people is unrealistic?
3. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?
4. What does the priest hear from outside the hut where he is with the dying Yankee?
5. What news does the lieutenant give the priest in jail?
Short Essay Questions
1. What transpires inside the hut where the Yankee is dying?
2. Why does the Indian woman follow the priest as he leaves the next day?
3. In spite of the lieutenant's assurances, Father José refuses to go to the jail to hear the priest's confession. What is the irony of that situation?
4. What feelings pass through the priest as he luxuriates in the Lehrs' kindness?
5. What is the irony of the priest's admission in the jail cell.
6. Why does the priest return to the banana plantation and what does he find when he arrives?
7. What unusual thing does the priest do when they are within sight of the Indian village?
8. How does the mestizo give himself away to the priest?
9. Describe the kindness of the lieutenant after telling the priest that he was found guilty at the trial and will be shot tomorrow.
10. While Mr. Trench is in the Police Chief's office, what does he witness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Mr. Trench and Captain Fellows are presented as a-religious. Write a paper on morality apart from religion. State your opinion on whether or not non-religious people actually are able to hold to high moral standards.
Essay Topic 2
Greene contrasts the appearance of the Indian burial ground with the tidiness of the mass. The priest sees the burial ground as a shortcut to the dark and magical heart of faith. Write a paper giving your opinion on his meaning there. Include your idea on the necessity of religious trappings for people to be religious.
Essay Topic 3
A main theme of the novel is the inner struggle of the priest. Write a paper explaining how Greene uses the priest's weaknesses to demonstrate his real strengths. In your paper, discuss the importance of self forgiveness considering that all people make mistakes in their lives.
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