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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 is taking its toll on the young priest?

2. What causes more and more distress for the young priest?

3. What decision does the young priest's housekeeper make?

4. What topic does the young priest know he needs to study?

5. What becomes of the young priest's sports group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the priest behave after he receives the letter requesting his resignation?

2. What role does his diary fill in the life of the young priest?

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

4. In addition to his illness, what indignity must the young priest now manage?

5. Explain how the Dean of Blangermont lectures to the young priest about balancing religion and business.

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

7. What advice does the young priest receive from M. le Comte from the Chateau?

8. Who is Mlle Louise?

9. Dr. Delbende, the young priest's physician, dies from a gunshot wound which supposedly occurred while cleaning the gun. What is the unofficial story of the doctor's death?

10. Who is Seraphita Dumouchel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The young priest knows that something unusual is going on at the Chateau but he is reluctant to get involved in family matters without being asked. What is going on at the Chateau? Why do both Mlle Louise and Mlle Chantal seek out the priest on separate occasions? Which girl is telling the truth? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The young doctor considers suicide as a resolution for his health problems. Do you think he will go through with it? Why is that not an option for the priest? Is it because of fear of eternal damnation? Or the grace earned through suffering? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

One of the important themes in the book is that of the spiritual journey. Explain the different points where the young priest and the older Cure de Torcy are on their individual spiritual journeys.

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