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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. How does the young priest feel about his work?

2. When the priests' conversation turns to ________________, the young priest feels lost.

3. What does the young priest learn about his friend, Duprety?

4. What does the priest pause to reconsider?

5. What does the young priest share at the area priests' monthly conference?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the young priest try to find a purpose for himself at the parish?

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

5. What is the Cure de Torcy's perspective on how Jesus views monks and priests?

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

7. How does the priest feel about the decision to hire a housekeeper?

8. How are the young priest's attempts to help Seraphita poorly received by the girl's mother?

9. Who is Seraphita Dumouchel?

10. Who is Mlle Louise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The priest puts the needs of others ahead of his own even though he is very sick. Explain the nature of selfless love such as this. How does the priest exhibit it throughout the novel?

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

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?

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