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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. Who is Sulpice Mitonnet?

2. Where does the young priest fall asleep on a bad night?

3. What else does the Dean lecture the young priest about?

4. How is the Cure de Torcy's bedroom furnished?

5. What does the Cure de Torcy tell the young priest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Mlle Louise?

4. Explain the embarrassing situation the priest has with a local grocer.

5. Where is the young priest's parish and how long has he been there?

6. How does the young priest behave after he learns from the Cure de Torcy how the parishioners feel about him?

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

8. Explain Dr. Delbende's position on religion as he explains it to the young priest.

9. What are the young priest's feelings about the sacrament of confession?

10. Who is the Curé de Torcy and how does he advise the young priest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The young priest is a tragic figure, made more so when he experiences the feeling of being young when riding the motorbike so close to the time of his death. What lessons does the author want the reader to learn from the young priest's life and death?

Essay Topic 2

Another important theme in the book is poverty. The priest never has enough money to meet his needs and is even slightly humiliated for his lack by the townspeople. Explain the priest's internal struggle as he attempts to find his way in both the spiritual and physical worlds. What challenges does he have to overcome? How does he accomplish that?

Essay Topic 3

There is much underhanded behavior going on behind the back of the young priest and he has a hard time reconciling it with what he knows. Explain how M. le Comte, Seraphita and Mlle Chantal are especially harmful to the young priest and his reputation.

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