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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What upcoming event preoccupies the thoughts of the young priest?
2. Who speaks to the young priest about his relationships with the parishioners?
3. How does the priest describe the look on Mitonnet's face when the priest enters the presbytery?
4. What does the young priest describe as the novel begins?
5. What is the only thing the young priest eats?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the young priest's parish and how long has he been there?
2. In addition to his illness, what indignity must the young priest now manage?
3. How are the young priest's attempts to help Seraphita poorly received by the girl's mother?
4. Explain how the Dean of Blangermont lectures to the young priest about balancing religion and business.
5. What advice does the young priest receive from M. le Comte from the Chateau?
6. Who is Mlle Louise?
7. Explain Dr. Delbende's position on religion as he explains it to the young priest.
8. What are the priest's thoughts about keeping a diary?
9. What are the supernatural events that occur during Mlle Chantal's confession?
10. What is the Cure de Torcy's perspective on how Jesus views monks and priests?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do a character sketch on the Cure de Torcy. What role does he play in the novel? What role does he play in the young priest's life?
Essay Topic 2
Of all the people who have attempted to damage the young priest's reputation, Seraphita is the only one who actually makes amends. Why is this young girl the only person who has a conscious regarding the right and wrong of what she has done? Is it because the priest had acknowledged her potential and she is finally living up to it? Or has she received some intervention of grace?
Essay Topic 3
What is the role of pride and arrogance in the young priest's life? Does he feel he is elevated in the eyes of the parishioners? In his own eyes? Why does he look down upon Louis Duprety who leaves the priesthood?
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