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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. On his morning walk, what does Mr. Trench hear?
2. What does the mestizo tell the priest?
3. Why does the boy insist that the stranger go with him?
4. What name do the people give to priests who smell of alcohol?
5. Later, in another village, what does an old man request of the priest?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mr. Trench invite the man into his house?
2. Back at the banana plantation, how does Greene emphasize the character of Coral Fellows?
3. How does Captain Fellows present ambivalent feelings about the priest?
4. In the village of the old man in a hammock, describe the request that is made of the priest.
5. All that is left of the church is a priest who renounced his religion and the stranger, a whiskey priest. How does the woman's husband sum up their reality?
6. What is the conversation like inside Mr. Trench's house?
7. Explain how Greene establishes the character of Father José.
8. What is the pathetic scene that occurs just as he leaves the village.
9. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?
10. After the priest on his mule crosses the river, what happens that is cause for alarm?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The mother is symbolic of nurturing mothers the world over. Write a paper about a mother's protectiveness of her children and the lengths she will go to in order to keep them safe, both physically and spiritually. In writing the paper, include the woman who was in jail for possessing religious literature. Assess what that signifies for the mother who has religious stories to read to her children.
Essay Topic 2
Write a paper on how early childhood influences one for the rest of one's life. Begin with the priest's recollection that his had been a happy childhood except that he had been afraid of too many things and hated poverty above all. The fear of poverty had motivated him to his vocation, but unlike Father José, he learned a higher motivation. Relate his experience with your own or that of someone you know.
Essay Topic 3
Father José represents religious people who are religious for the wrong reasons and without loyalty. His weakness is selfishness and fear. Write an essay about how real commitment is determined by what a person is willing to give up to remain loyal to that commitment.
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