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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 surprises the priest about the doctor?
(a) His fee
(b) His youth
(c) His clothing
(d) His voice

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

3. What secret does Mme la Comtesse tell the priest?
(a) The family has run out of money
(b) She was pregnant when she married
(c) Her husband is not the father of her daughter
(d) She had a son who died at 18 months

4. What does the priest ask the sacristan of the church later that day?
(a) If there are enough candles for mass
(b) If the funeral flowers have been ordered
(c) If the choir has practice tonight
(d) What the parishioniers think about him

5. What is the sacristan's reply to the priest?
(a) That the funeral flowers will be delivered this afternoon
(b) That more candles have been ordered
(c) That the choir practice time has been changed
(d) That the priest should wait for people to come to him instead of vice versa

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the priest one day as he is making his visits to parishioners?

2. What does Mlle Chantal do at the priest's house before he leaves for Lille?

3. How does the priest keep track of recent events?

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

5. The priest gets a revelation that he received his calling at _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the priest uncomfortable in the presence of the doctor?

2. Explain the irony of the doctor's physical health.

3. Where does the priest go after his doctor's appointment in Lille?

4. How does the priest handle the matter of Mlle Chantal with Mme la Comtesse?

5. The book ends not with a diary entry but a letter. Explain the originator of the letter and its contents.

6. Why does Mlle Louise come to see the priest and what does he advise her?

7. Describe the meeting between the priest and M. le Comte.

8. What is the diagnosis of the young priest's disease?

9. What advice does the doctor give the priest?

10. What happens after the priest regains consciousness?

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