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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mlle Louise tell the priest about Mlle Chantal?
(a) She is not studying at all
(b) She is smoking in her room
(c) She is becoming more difficult
(d) She is boy crazy

2. What decision does the young priest's housekeeper make?
(a) To convert to Catholicism
(b) To resign
(c) To change her shopping day
(d) To change her hours

3. Who does Mlle Chantal want to punish?
(a) Her father
(b) Her mother
(c) The priest
(d) Her teacher

4. What is the topic of the diary entry the young priest gives to the Cure de Torcy to read?
(a) Gluttony
(b) Prostitution
(c) Slavery
(d) Greed

5. What did the grocer send to the young priest?
(a) Ripe fruit
(b) Aged cheese
(c) Elderberry wine
(d) Fresh baguettes

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the parishioners overcome their boredom?

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

3. What does the young priest learn about his friend, Duprety?

4. What upcoming event preoccupies the thoughts of the young priest?

5. According to the young priest, most people have ____________________ for themselves.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Dr. Delbende's position on religion as he explains it to the young priest.

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

4. What are the priest's thoughts about keeping a diary?

5. What are the young priest's feelings about the sacrament of confession?

6. In addition to the injustice seen in Dr. Delbende's life, how else does the author show the theme of injustice in this chapter?

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

8. Describe the scenario when Mlle Chantal approaches the priest after mass one morning.

9. Dr. Delbende, the young priest's physician, dies from a gunshot wound which supposedly occurred while cleaning the gun. What is the unofficial story of the doctor's death?

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

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