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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. What does the priest write in his diary about his health at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. According to the Cure de Torcy, Jesus is not as happy with _____________ as He is with priests.

3. What is Ambricourt?

4. Who does the priest think is the author of the letter?

5. What does M le Comte warn the young priest about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Cure de Torcy's perspective on how Jesus views monks and priests?

3. What is the Cure de Torcy's view on how the world would be a better place?

4. How does the young priest try to find a purpose for himself at the parish?

5. Explain the perceptions the young priest has of the people in the parish.

6. In addition to his illness, what indignity must the young priest now manage?

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

8. How does the priest feel about the decision to hire a housekeeper?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The young priest compares himself and his parish to a small boy leading cattle out of the cold, drizzly night into a barn. Explain the metaphor the young priest has written regarding his role in the parish.

Essay Topic 2

The young priest is a tragic figure, made more so when he experiences the feeling of being young when riding the motorbike so close to the time of his death. What lessons does the author want the reader to learn from the young priest's life and death?

Essay Topic 3

What does the young priest represent to the parishioners that most of them do not like him? What is it about his fresh energy for faith and spirituality that makes the people, even the children, ridicule him and gossip about him? What lessons are to be learned for both the priest and his parishioners?

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