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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 another subject the young priest thinks he should study?

2. What does the priest ask Chantal to remove from her bag even though he had no knowledge it was in there?

3. Who has told the Dean about the gossip?

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

5. Where did the Cure de Torcy attend seminary school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the priest first address being ill in his diary?

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

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

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

5. What is the Cure de Torcy's view on how the world would be a better place?

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

7. How has the young priest come to think about his parish so far?

8. Who is Louis Duprety?

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

10. How does the theme of pride emerge and how does the young priest perceive it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The young priest comes to the conclusion that he has not suffered any real injustice in his life. How can he say this when most people would consider his life to be nothing but a series of injustices? How is he able to see only the good about his life? Explain.

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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