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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. Why can he not say the act of contrition?

2. Where does the priest wake up after meeting the man with the gun?

3. What does the priest mean when he says he won't be returning the way he came?

4. After walking for miles in a storm, where does the priest find shelter?

5. What does the priest say he can do even though he himself is bad?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Mr. Trench is in the Police Chief's office, what does he witness?

2. By the time they reach the outskirts of the city, what seems to be the relationship between the lieutenant and the priest?

3. What seems to be different about the priest's arrest?

4. What are the preparations for the priest to escape to Las Casas?

5. What transpires between the priest and the mestizo inside the jail?

6. Even after the Yankee refuses to make a confession, what does the priest do?

7. Compare the benevolence of the Church with the plans the lieutenant has for the people.

8. Notwithstanding the civility that had transpired between the lieutenant and the priest, how does the lieutenant behave at the execution?

9. How does the priest awaken the next morning?

10. How does the mestizo give himself away to the priest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper on the value of human life as contrasted by the priest's concern for people and the indiscriminate murder of hostages by the lieutenant. Compare the lieutenant's attitude about the value of lives who disagreed with him to the world situation today where genocide is daily in the headlines.

Essay Topic 3

Coral was an idealistic young girl with a sense of immortality. Write a paper using her as an example about how idealistic young people tend to rush into danger. How does Greene make her a sympathetic character in the mind of the reader?

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