Will providing quick answers curry favor with the instructor?

Despite my best attempts, I could not curry favor with the waitress.

False sincerity will not curry favor with me.

To curry favor means to make someone support you by appeasing him or her. Candidates promised more jobs and less taxes after election to curry favor with the voters.

Curry is spelled the same, "curry", in french.

If you are referring to the English expression "to curry favor with someone", the French equivalent is "chercher à s'attirer les bonnes grâces de qqn".

God requires nothing from us, and nothing we do can curry favor from him.

FLATTERY : overdone, fawning, or effusive praise, often used to curry favor (see SYCOPHANT).