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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the content of the letter Mme la Comtesse sends to the priest?
(a) She is at peace with her life
(b) She is not sending Mlle Chantal to boarding school
(c) She invites him for lunch at the Chateau
(d) She is sending some bottles of wine

2. Who does the priest meet at Louis' house?
(a) Louis' neighbor
(b) Louis' priest
(c) Louis' girlfriend
(d) Louis' mother

3. What does the priest decide to do at the Chateau?
(a) Talk to Mme la Comte about her daughter
(b) Stay for dinner
(c) Hold mass in the chapel
(d) Work in the vineyard

4. How does the priest feel that the mourners at the Chateau are talking about him?
(a) Quietly
(b) Maliciously
(c) Reverently
(d) Secretly

5. To what has Mme la Comtesse adapted in her life?
(a) Hard work
(b) The lack of love
(c) Grief for her son
(d) Vicious rumors

6. What does the priest recall about his life?
(a) He is angry about his childhood
(b) He regrets his choice of profession
(c) No one has treated him with injustice
(d) He has always felt loved

7. Who does the priest visit on the evening he gets his diagnosis?
(a) Sulpice
(b) Cure de Torcy
(c) M. le Comte
(d) Louis Duprety

8. Why does the Cure de Torcy scold the priest regarding Mme la Comtesse?
(a) For not writing down the notes from the meeting
(b) For not giving the woman the Last Rites
(c) For not hearing the woman's confession
(d) For letting her throw the memento of her son into the fire

9. What does Mlle Louise tell the priest that Mlle Chantal knows about him?
(a) That he waters his wine
(b) That he does not sleep much
(c) About his illness and his encounter with Seraphita in the lane
(d) That he puts sugar in his wine

10. What surprises the priest about the doctor?
(a) His youth
(b) His fee
(c) His clothing
(d) His voice

11. What does the priest now think is the source of his pain?
(a) Stomach
(b) Lungs
(c) Heart
(d) Kidneys

12. What does the act of throwing the medallion into the fire symbolize for Mme la Comtesse?
(a) She wants some new jewelry
(b) She has gone mad
(c) She has a horrible temper
(d) Casting off disappointments and bitterness

13. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest about his stomach pains?
(a) He should take an antacid
(b) He should eat better
(c) It is all in his head
(d) He should see a specialist

14. Why does the priest tell Seraphita that he is sad?
(a) His mother has died
(b) Mme la Comtesse's death has been hard on him
(c) He has a terminal illness
(d) Because people do not love God enough

15. Why does Mlle Louise come to the priest in a disheveled state?
(a) She has not slept all night
(b) She has been molested
(c) She has not received her final wages from M. le Comte
(d) She is homeless

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest acknowledge to himself about his health?

2. What does the doctor advise the priest to eat?

3. What secret does Mme la Comtesse tell the priest?

4. What happens to the priest one day as he is making his visits to parishioners?

5. Of what does Mlle Louise warn the young priest?

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