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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The priest gets a revelation that he received his calling at _______________________.
(a) the Garden of Gethsemane
(b) during catechism
(c) Bethlehem
(d) the Vatican

2. With what had Mme la Comtesse been suffering for quite awhile?
(a) Vague pains
(b) Migraine headaches
(c) Fading eyesight
(d) Painful joints

3. What torments the priest at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The gossiping girls
(b) The suicide of Dr. Delbende
(c) His inability to pray
(d) The vindictive parishioners

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

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

6. With whom had Mme la Comtesse made peace before her death?
(a) Christ
(b) Her daughter
(c) The priest
(d) Her husband

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

8. Why is Seraphita sad when she talks to the priest?
(a) She has flunked math
(b) She will not be having a graduation party
(c) She broke up with her boyfriend
(d) She told Mlle Chantal about caring for the priest on the road

9. What does the canon warn the priest about regarding Mlle Chantal?
(a) She is hysterical about her mother's death
(b) She plans to make a big scene at the funeral
(c) She has a contagious disease
(d) Different stories about her meetings with the priest

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

11. Of what does the priest convince Mme la Comtesse?
(a) The injustices in her life
(b) The need for forgiveness
(c) The reality of hell
(d) Her son is in heaven

12. How does the priest spend the night after meeting with M. le Comte?
(a) Reading
(b) Writing sermons
(c) Not able to sleep
(d) Drinking wine

13. What makes the priest feel uncomfortable?
(a) Being naked
(b) The instruments are too cold
(c) The room is too hot
(d) The doctor's arrogance

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The canon warns the priest about misusing __________.

2. What does M. le Comte find in the priest's papers that upsets him?

3. What is the content of the letter Mme la Comtesse sends to the priest?

4. What is the only beverage the priest drinks now?

5. What does the priest note about himself at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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