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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 the priest see in the confessional where nothing is ever clearly seen?
(a) A rosary
(b) A crucifix
(c) Jesus' face
(d) Mlle Chantal's face

2. What has concerned the priest about the girl, Seraphita?
(a) She is very flirtatious
(b) She has a hearing problem
(c) She is not learning like she should
(d) She is the butt of jokes at school

3. What decision does the young priest reverse?
(a) To stay at the parish forever
(b) To keep a diary
(c) To have a cleaning lady
(d) To teach catechism

4. Who is M. Pamyre?
(a) The local grocer
(b) The head of the Knights of Columbus
(c) The school principal
(d) The postmaster

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the young priest feel about his work?

2. Where does Mlle Chantal meet with the priest?

3. What physical discomfort has the young priest experienced lately?

4. What does the young priest describe as the novel begins?

5. What is the nature of Louis Duprety's letter to the young priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of the novel, The Diary of a Country Priest?

2. Explain how the Dean of Blangermont lectures to the young priest about balancing religion and business.

3. In addition to his illness, what indignity must the young priest now manage?

4. Who is Seraphita Dumouchel?

5. How are the young priest's attempts to help Seraphita poorly received by the girl's mother?

6. How does the young priest try to find a purpose for himself at the parish?

7. Who is Mlle Louise?

8. How does the priest first address being ill in his diary?

9. Who is Louis Duprety?

10. 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?

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