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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. What announcement is made as the priest and the beverage seller are having a glass of wine?

2. Back at the plantation after the priest is gone, what is Coral doing?

3. What question does the priest ask the woman?

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

5. What brings out a feeling of compassion in the priest for the mestizo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Captain Fellow's reaction to the charge against the priest.

2. Who does the priest turn to for help and is refused?

3. What is the conversation like inside Mr. Trench's house?

4. In the village of the old man in a hammock, describe the request that is made of the priest.

5. After the priest on his mule crosses the river, what happens that is cause for alarm?

6. What does Greene reveal about the priest in his thoughts on his way home?

7. As the lieutenant walks through the town, what indicates that he is the main antagonist in the novel?

8. What happens when the priest accidentally bumps into a red shirt in the cantina?

9. Why is he not welcome in his home town?

10. In chapter two, how does Greene establish a deep-seated religious faith on the part of common citizens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the elements in THE POWER AND THE GLORY that are representative of the age old struggle between Christianity and Communism. Discuss how, with all its flaws, Christianity succeeds at being helpful to the poor where Communism inevitably fails. Use the argument the priest makes to the lieutenant about the inherent weakness of his communistic ideals.

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

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.

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