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

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

3. Where does the priest spend the night?
(a) A hospice
(b) A hotel
(c) An inn
(d) Louis' house

4. What does the priest force Mme la Comtesse to acknowledge?
(a) Her sins
(b) Her husband's sins
(c) The devil
(d) God

5. What is in the medallion around Mme la Comtesse's neck?
(a) A photograph
(b) An emerald
(c) A dried flower
(d) A lock of her son's hair

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mme la Comtesse throw into the fire?

5. Where did the priest go immediately after his doctor's appointment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter between the priest and Mlle Chantal.

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

3. What happens after the priest regains consciousness?

4. What does the priest learn from the sacristan regarding the general perception people have of him?

5. What is odd about the way the priest is treated at the Chateau after the death of Mme la Comtesse?

6. What advice does the doctor give the priest?

7. What definitive action has the priest finally taken regarding his health?

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

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

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

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