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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 does the priest do with the letter taken from Mlle Chantal?

2. Why does Mme la Comte say her daughter is being sent away?

3. How does the priest keep track of recent events?

4. What does Mme la Comtesse tell the priest about her husband?

5. What is in the medallion around Mme la Comtesse's neck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the girl, Seraphita, tied a string tightly around her leg?

2. What is the Cure de Torcy's simplistic advice for the young priest who feels he is suffering a crisis of faith and vocation?

3. What definitive action has the priest finally taken regarding his health?

4. The book ends not with a diary entry but a letter. Explain the originator of the letter and its contents.

5. Where does the priest go after his doctor's appointment in Lille?

6. What happens after the priest regains consciousness?

7. What secret and personal pain does Mme la Comtesse reveal to the priest?

8. Describe the meeting between the priest and M. le Comte.

9. What is the diagnosis of the young priest's disease?

10. What is odd about the way the priest is treated at the Chateau after the death of Mme la Comtesse?

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

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.

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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