Christianity and Literature

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1. Which of the following novels is a modern retelling of Dante's 'Inferno'? I Heard the Owl Call My Name Sula Gehenna The Last Temptation of Christ

2. Who is the priest torn between his obsessive lust for the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and his devotion to God in Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'? Claude Frollo St. John Rivers Pierre Gringoire Phoebus de Chateaupers

3. In Nikos Kazantzakis's 'The Last Temptation of Christ', which character does not appear in the final 'dream sequence' Satan presents to Christ as his last temptation? Virgin Mary St. Paul the Apostle Mary Magdalen Mary, sister of Lazarus

4. Which of the following roles does the title character of Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' NOT assume at some point in the novel? school teacher missionary governess wife

5. In Graham Greene's novel 'The End of the Affair', why does Sarah leave Bendrix? She is still in love with her husband. She promises God that she will leave Bendrix if God will spare his life. She is pregnant. She wants to become a nun.

6. In Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables', which character shows the ex-convict Jean Valjean kindness and thus succeeds in turning Valjean's life over to God? Bishop of Digne Cosette Javert Thenardier

7. In John Irving's 'A Prayer for Owen Meany', what is the title character's conviction? Faith cannot exist without reason. God does not exist. He is God's instrument. He is sinless.

8. What is the setting of Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Poisonwood Bible'? The Amazon Basin The Belgian Congo Calcutta, India The Australian Outback

9. In Margaret Craven's 'I Heard the Owl Call My Name', what is the fate of Mark Brian, the young priest sent to the Native American village of Kingcome in an effort to spread the influential sphere of Christianity? He is ousted from the village for his disrespect of Native American customs and beliefs. He leaves the village after realizing that the Native Americans have their own firmly rooted belief He marries Keeta, a member of his congregation, and adopts a Native American name to symbolize his i He dies of a terminal illness after both spreading the Christian message to the villagers and learning from their beliefs in return.

10. In Toni Morrison's 'Sula', which of these acts does the title character NOT commit? She sleeps with her best friend's husband. She kills herself. She causes Chicken Little to drown. She allows her mother to burn to death while she watches.