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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 young priest teach the children of the parish?

2. What does the Cure de Torcy believe about Dr. Delbende's death?

3. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.

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

5. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Curé de Torcy and how does he advise the young priest?

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

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

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

7. How has the young priest come to think about his parish so far?

8. How are the young priest's attempts to help Seraphita poorly received by the girl's mother?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

The young priest knows that something unusual is going on at the Chateau but he is reluctant to get involved in family matters without being asked. What is going on at the Chateau? Why do both Mlle Louise and Mlle Chantal seek out the priest on separate occasions? Which girl is telling the truth? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of pride and arrogance in the young priest's life? Does he feel he is elevated in the eyes of the parishioners? In his own eyes? Why does he look down upon Louis Duprety who leaves the priesthood?

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