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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mlle Chantal do at the priest's house before he leaves for Lille?
(a) Cooks
(b) Gardens
(c) Sews
(d) Cleans

2. What were the priest's last words?
(a) "It is finished."
(b) "Grace is everywhere."
(c) "Mother Mary, pray for me."
(d) "I am heartily sorry."

3. What beverages seem to increase the young priest's stomach pains?
(a) Sangria and gin
(b) Coffee and whiskey
(c) Bourbon and wine
(d) Coffee and gin

4. How does the priest keep track of recent events?
(a) Dictates to a secretary
(b) Writes on napkins and scraps of paper
(c) Writes them in his diary
(d) Records them

5. How does Mlle Chantal behave toward the priest?
(a) She is in shock
(b) She ignores him
(c) She will not leave his side
(d) She weeps on his shoulder

6. How does the priest injure his fingers and arm?
(a) Washing dishes in scalding water
(b) Trying to retrieve the medallion from the fire
(c) Using a very sharp kitchen knife
(d) Chopping wood

7. What is the only beverage the priest drinks now?
(a) Wine
(b) Tea
(c) Coffee
(d) Water

8. Who informs the Cure de Torcy about the priest's death?
(a) Louis
(b) M. le Comte
(c) Mlle Chantal
(d) Mlle Louise

9. 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 sending some bottles of wine
(c) She is not sending Mlle Chantal to boarding school
(d) She invites him for lunch at the Chateau

10. Who comes to catechism class with a limp?
(a) Sulpice
(b) Mlle Louise
(c) Seraphita
(d) Mlle Chantal

11. What does the canon see on the priest's kitchen table?
(a) A bottle of wine
(b) A bowl of fruit
(c) Dirty dishes
(d) A diary

12. What diagnosis does the doctor give the priest?
(a) Lung cancer
(b) Heart disease
(c) Stomach cancer
(d) Colon cancer

13. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest about prayer?
(a) He should focus on praying to the Holy Spirit
(b) He should pray the rosary twice a day
(c) He should lead prayer groups in the evenings
(d) At least go through the motions until the sincerity returns

14. What happens to Mme la Comtesse later that night after her visit with the priest?
(a) She reconciles with her daughter
(b) She converts
(c) She goes to confession
(d) She dies

15. How does M. le Comte behave toward the priest?
(a) Very cold
(b) Gracious
(c) Bereaved
(d) Hostile

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the priest at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. Of what does the priest convince Mme la Comtesse?

3. What surprises the priest about the doctor?

4. Where is the doctor that the young priest wants to see?

5. Who does the priest meet on the road to Mezargues?

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