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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. When Captain Fellows goes to the barn to find the priest, what does he say?
2. How does the priest rationalize his guilt over the murdered hostage?
3. For what is the American wanted?
4. On his morning walk, what does Mr. Trench hear?
5. How does the priest seek assistance in the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ominous about the parting of the priest and the mestizo?
2. After the priest gets his bottle of wine, what happens to it?
3. What is the pathetic scene that occurs just as he leaves the village.
4. 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?
5. How does Greene show more of the priest's humility and contrition?
6. Why does Mr. Trench invite the man into his house?
7. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?
8. What information does the Police chief have to impart to the lieutenant?
9. How do Mr. Trench and the priest meet?
10. What transpires in the police station the morning the stranger arrives in the town?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Governmental prohibition of anything never works. In the novel, the government is trying to prohibit religion to the point of completely stamping it out. In a parallel example, hard liquor and wine are prohibited as well. Write a paper on how Greene uses this to subtly suggest the prohibition of religion will fail as well.
Essay Topic 2
There are several layers to the character of the lieutenant. Much of his inner motivation is left up to the imagination of the reader. One thing is made clear, his resentment goes back to his childhood. Write a paper in which you surmise what it was that happened to him as a child to make him so resentful of the Church as an adult.
Essay Topic 3
The novel presents conflict and resolution throughout to keep the reader's attention. Write a paper on how conflict involves close encounters with fear and resolution involves hope, however fleeting. Explain why this method is so successful at making the reading compelling.
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