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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest realize is leading him during his time with Mlle Chantal?
(a) A supernatual force
(b) An empathetic temper
(c) A serious obligation
(d) A stubborn streak

2. What does the priest tell Seraphita's mother about her daughter?
(a) She is a coquette
(b) She is a good athlete
(c) She is a scholar
(d) She is a bully

3. What does the young priest feel men must do to have honor and respect?
(a) Become a priest
(b) Teach catechism
(c) Earn the right
(d) Go to confession

4. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.
(a) hell
(b) adult relationships
(c) money and savings
(d) confessions

5. What is the content of a letter received by the young priest?
(a) A large donation for the church
(b) A request for his resignation
(c) A suggestion for a sermon
(d) An anonymous confession

6. What does Sulpice do for the young priest?
(a) Delivers groceries
(b) Helps with work around the presbytery
(c) Replaces the candles in church
(d) Leads the church choir

7. What did the grocer send to the young priest?
(a) Elderberry wine
(b) Ripe fruit
(c) Fresh baguettes
(d) Aged cheese

8. Why is Mlle Chantal being sent away to a boarding school?
(a) To learn etiquette
(b) To get a rich husband
(c) To preserve a secret
(d) To travel

9. What is the nature of Louis Duprety's letter to the young priest?
(a) He asks for advice to help a parishioner
(b) Louis is sick and wants the priest to come
(c) He is hosting a birthday party for a mutual friend
(d) He asks the priest for money

10. How does the priest describe the look on Mitonnet's face when the priest enters the presbytery?
(a) Exhilirated
(b) Morose
(c) Guilty
(d) The will to lie

11. The young priest says his parishioners are _____________________.
(a) heathens
(b) bored stiff
(c) faithful
(d) uneducated

12. At what point did the Cure de Torcy consider taking his own life?
(a) When he received a terminal cancer diagnosis
(b) When he was humiliated by a girl
(c) When his parents were killed
(d) When he was expelled from the seminary

13. What decision does the young priest's housekeeper make?
(a) To change her hours
(b) To convert to Catholicism
(c) To change her shopping day
(d) To resign

14. Who is Mlle Louise?
(a) The priest's sister
(b) The school headmistress
(c) The governess at the Chateau
(d) The Altar Society president

15. What does the priest now put in his wine?
(a) Water
(b) Sugar
(c) Lemon
(d) Syrup

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical discomfort has the young priest experienced lately?

2. How is the Cure de Torcy's bedroom furnished?

3. What does the Dean of Blangermont chide the young priest about?

4. What is another subject the young priest thinks he should study?

5. What does the meeting with Mme Dumouchel make the young priest reconsider?

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