The Power and the Glory Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 173 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Power and the Glory Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 173 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Father José's final answer to the bereaved family?
(a) He tells them they are stupid to believe in God.
(b) He says he is a coward and tells the family to leave him alone.
(c) He asks why they want to pray to a God who took their child.
(d) He says no but slips them a prayer written on paper.

2. Once in the village, why is the Yankee looking around?
(a) He expects something to happen at any moment.
(b) He is trying to find a good place to hide.
(c) He is looking for something to drink.
(d) He is in his death throes.

3. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?
(a) He is planning to kill the mestizo before they get to the village.
(b) He thinks the Yankee knows a way to escape.
(c) He is resigned to his death once he reaches the village.
(d) He has a plan to go south instead of north.

4. What is Greene's contrast between the two priests in the story?
(a) One is a whisky priest and the other is not.
(b) The only difference is that one of them is married.
(c) Both men are sinners and cannot be considered good priests, yet they choose very different paths.
(d) One refuses his responsibility but the other tries to run away from responsibility.

5. How does the mestizo give himself away?
(a) He tells how the police brought the wounded Yankee to the Indian village.
(b) He tells the priest that he will only have ten minutes with the Yankee.
(c) The priest ask if they will let him see the Yankee and he says of course they will.
(d) He gets drunk on wine and starts talking about the police in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act of generosity does the priest perform on the way to the village?

2. What does Father José reply when the priest begs him to help him?

3. How does the boy's father explain to his son the need to tell the stories?

4. In the village, before seeing the Yankee, for what does the priest wish?

5. When the mother rebukes her son for only being interested in the killing, how does the son reply?

(see the answer key)

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