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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 Mlle Louise?
2. What is the topic of the diary entry the young priest gives to the Cure de Torcy to read?
3. What does the priest think the parishioners think about him now?
4. What have the children of the parish lost?
5. According to the Cure de Torcy, what does the world need to overthrow the devil?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the priest behave after he receives the letter requesting his resignation?
2. What are the young priest's feelings about the sacrament of confession?
3. Who is Mlle Louise?
4. How has the young priest come to think about his parish so far?
5. Explain the circumstances of the suspicion encircling the boy, Sulpice Mitonnet.
6. Describe the scenario when Mlle Chantal approaches the priest after mass one morning.
7. How does the young priest behave after he learns from the Cure de Torcy how the parishioners feel about him?
8. What is the premise of the novel, The Diary of a Country Priest?
9. What role does his diary fill in the life of the young priest?
10. What are the priest's thoughts about keeping a diary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Both the young doctor and young priest have terminal illnesses yet the doctor watches in shock and surprise when the priest cries at hearing the diagnosis. Is the doctor's atheism a factor in his reaction to the priest? Explain. What other reasons could the doctor have for his beliefs?
Essay Topic 3
The climax of the novel is the priest's confrontation with Mme la Comtesse. Explain the nature of a literary climax and why this incident is the climax of this book. Now, write an alternate way this confrontation could have gone. Use creativity!
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