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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 is the Indian woman searching for in the maize?
2. How does the boy react to the man at the door?
3. With what knowledge does the priest continue on to the village.
4. What does the priest find when he reaches the plantation?
5. Why does he believe that Coral is immune from harm if she helps him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What feelings pass through the priest as he luxuriates in the Lehrs' kindness?
2. Describe the conditions in the jail.
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. Thinking everything is finished for him, what does the priest say to people inside the cell?
5. How does the priest make money for his trip to the border?
6. Going on, what refuge does the priest eventually find?
7. What are the preparations for the priest to escape to Las Casas?
8. What transpires inside the hut where the Yankee is dying?
9. What is the implication of the visitor to the boy's house in the middle of the night?
10. By the time they reach the outskirts of the city, what seems to be the relationship between the lieutenant and the priest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, the stories the mother reads to her children are about a young boy named Juan who grows up to become a priest and later a saint. The story runs in serial form throughout the novel. Write a paper about how this story parallels the life of the priest and ultimately changes the boy's attitude toward the Church.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Critique the novel. Imagining yourself as a book reviewer, write a critique of THE POWER AND THE GLORY discussing Graham Greene's style, vocabulary, symbolism, and ability to maintain the interest of the reader. Rate it from one to five stars where five stars is excellent. Explain why you would or would not recommend it to someone else to read.
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