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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. Who does Mlle Chantal want to punish?

2. What subject is painted on the oleograph in the Cure de Torcy's oratory?

3. What becomes of the young priest's sports group?

4. Who is Sulpice Mitonnet?

5. The parishioners are waiting for ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the priest first address being ill in his diary?

2. How does the priest behave after he receives the letter requesting his resignation?

3. What information does Mlle Louise share with the priest and how does he feel about knowing it?

4. Explain Dr. Delbende's position on religion as he explains it to the young priest.

5. How does the theme of pride emerge and how does the young priest perceive it?

6. Explain the embarrassing situation the priest has with a local grocer.

7. Explain the circumstances of the suspicion encircling the boy, Sulpice Mitonnet.

8. Where is the young priest's parish and how long has he been there?

9. What budget-related decision has the young priest reversed?

10. How does the young priest behave after he learns from the Cure de Torcy how the parishioners feel about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of all the people who have attempted to damage the young priest's reputation, Seraphita is the only one who actually makes amends. Why is this young girl the only person who has a conscious regarding the right and wrong of what she has done? Is it because the priest had acknowledged her potential and she is finally living up to it? Or has she received some intervention of grace?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the tone of the novel as the young priest's parish experience extends. What is his demeanor at the onset? How does the tone change as the priest becomes more disillusioned with the people and circumstances of the parish? At the end, what is the priest's outlook?

Essay Topic 3

Both the young doctor and young priest have terminal illnesses yet the doctor watches in shock and surprise when the priest cries at hearing the diagnosis. Is the doctor's atheism a factor in his reaction to the priest? Explain. What other reasons could the doctor have for his beliefs?

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