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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the young priest feel about his work?
(a) He is beginning to reach some of the parishoners
(b) He is really bored
(c) He prays for inspiration
(d) He is not accomplishing anything

2. What was Mlle Louise's original career goal?
(a) Nurse
(b) Writer
(c) Nun
(d) Teacher

3. What is taking its toll on the young priest?
(a) Gossip
(b) Money problems
(c) The Bishop's admonitions
(d) Stress

4. Who has been gossiping about the young priest?
(a) The nuns
(b) The other priests
(c) The school children
(d) The townspeople

5. What does M. le Comte tell the priest about Sulpice Mitonnet?
(a) He is going to college in America
(b) He has been killed
(c) He wants to become a priest
(d) He is engaging in loose behavior

6. According to the Cure de Torcy, what does the world need to overthrow the devil?
(a) Holy Water
(b) A crucifix
(c) A rosary
(d) Discipline

7. What does the housekeeper demand right away?
(a) More time for lunch
(b) A bonus
(c) More money
(d) Better hours

8. What does the young priest learn about his friend, Duprety?
(a) He has been transferred to another parish
(b) He has died
(c) He is no longer working as a priest
(d) He has a terminal illness

9. What does the young priest describe as the novel begins?
(a) His love of God
(b) His parish
(c) His education
(d) His childhood

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

11. The Cure de Torcy says a priest should not so much seek __________________________ as to be honored and respected.
(a) to be loved
(b) worldly goods
(c) to be emulated
(d) compensation

12. How do the parishioners overcome their boredom?
(a) Dancing
(b) Staying busy
(c) Playing cards
(d) Reading

13. What does the priest pause to reconsider?
(a) Why people don't come to church
(b) Why there is so much hate in the world
(c) Why he is writing a diary
(d) Why he became a priest

14. What is the housekeeper's personality?
(a) Unfriendly
(b) Sullen
(c) Chatty
(d) Aggressive

15. Who is Maxim Gorki?
(a) A Russian dancer
(b) A Russian government agent
(c) A Hungarian author
(d) A Russian writer

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does the young priest make to keep expenses down?

2. What does the priest realize is leading him during his time with Mlle Chantal?

3. What does the priest tell Seraphita's mother about her daughter?

4. What does the priest ask Chantal to remove from her bag even though he had no knowledge it was in there?

5. What decision does the young priest reverse?

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