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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. Who does the priest think is the author of the letter?
(a) Madame Pegriot
(b) Mme Dumouchel
(c) Dr. Delbende
(d) Sulpice Mitonnet

2. How does the priest describe the look on Mitonnet's face when the priest enters the presbytery?
(a) Morose
(b) Exhilirated
(c) Guilty
(d) The will to lie

3. What topic seems to make the faces of the parishioners cloud over?
(a) God
(b) Catechism classes
(c) Repairs needed at the church
(d) School rankings

4. What is taking its toll on the young priest?
(a) Money problems
(b) Gossip
(c) Stress
(d) The Bishop's admonitions

5. What else does the Dean lecture the young priest about?
(a) The state of disrepair of the church
(b) His housekeeper's wages
(c) His catechism lesson plans
(d) Outbursts against business and business owners

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does the young priest make to keep expenses down?

2. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.

3. What does the priest write in his diary about his health at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What does the priest tell Seraphita's mother about her daughter?

5. Who is Cure de Torcy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Cure de Torcy's view on how the world would be a better place?

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

5. Explain the circumstances of the suspicion encircling the boy, Sulpice Mitonnet.

6. Who is Louis Duprety?

7. How does the priest feel about the decision to hire a housekeeper?

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

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

10. Explain the perceptions the young priest has of the people in the parish.

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