The Priest Trembled Violently S Lv1 Definitif

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Term. ES-S LV1 Mock exam

Duration : 3 hours

Weight : 3

February 2008

The priest trembled violently when he saw the pistol. He closed his eyes, folded his hands against his chest, and blessed my father in Latin. My father lowered the pistol. The priest opened his eyes... ‘I can't shoot anybody dressed up like you, padre,’ my father said, weakly. ‘Are you badly hurt?’ the priest asked. My father laughed, then said, ‘Badly.’ ‘Come. Later I will report you to them.’ Father Kraus helped my father rise to his feet and, bearing my father's weight, walked him to the door near the vestibule leading to the bell tower, which overlooked the village. They struggled up the narrow stairs and my father's blood stained each step as they climbed. When they reached the small room at the top of the stairs, the priest set my father down. The priest removed his ruined, bloody vestments and made a pillow to support my father's head. Then the priest took his chasuble and tore it into long strips, and tied them tightly around my father's head. ‘You have lost much blood,’ the priest said. ‘I must get water to clean the wound.’ My father looked up at the priest and said, 'Gesundheit.' Speaking the only German word he knew, my father lost consciousness again. That night when my father awoke, the priest was bent over him, administering the last rites of Extreme Unction. The priest knew that the wounded pilot's temperature had risen sharply and that his injuries were grievous. My father could not see out of his left eye, but he felt the softness of the priest's hands applying the oils of the sacrament. ‘Why?’ my father said. ‘I think you are dying,’ the priest said. ‘I will hear your confession. Are you Catholic?’ ‘Baptist.’ ‘Ah, you have been baptized then, but I was not sure. I baptized you minutes ago.’ ‘Thanks. I was baptized in the Colleton River.’ ‘Ach. A whole river.’ ‘No, just part of it.’ ‘I baptize you a second time.’ ‘It can't hurt nothing.’ ‘I brought food. Can you eat?’ Years later, my father would describe with undiminishable wonder the taste of that dark German bread, that slab of precious, hoarded butter smeared across that bread, and the red wine the priest gave him from the bottle. The bread in his mouth, the butter, the wine, he would say to his children, and all of us could taste it again with him, the wine spreading like velvet in our mouths, the bread, fragrant as earth, softening and melting on the tongue, the butter coating the roofs of our mouths, the priest holding our hands, the smell of the oils of death on his hands, fear making those soft, veined hands tremble. Outside, in the dark, a German patrol had found the wrecked plane and the countryside was alerted that an American pilot moved among them. There was a reward for his capture and anyone found helping him would be summarily executed. ‘They are looking for you,’ the priest said to my father when the meal was finished. ‘They came to the village today.’ ‘Did they come to the church?’ ‘Yes. I told them that if I found you I would kill you with my own two hands. It amused them, coming from a priest. They will return – I am certain – to search for you.’ ‘I'll go as soon as I can travel.’ ‘I wish you had not come.’ ‘ It wasn't my idea. I was shot down.’ ‘Ha!’ the priest said, 'then it was God who brought you here.’ ‘No, sir. I think it was the Nazis.’ ‘I pray to God for you today.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘I pray to him to make you die,’ the priest explained . ‘Then I feel much shame. And I pray for you to live. A priest should only pray for life. It is a great sin. I ask that you would forgive me.’ (646 words)

Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides, 1987. I – COMPREHENSION 1/4

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Term. ES-S LV1 Mock exam

Duration : 3 hours

Weight : 3

February 2008

Where is the scene set? Country : ........................................................................................................................................... Exact location : ................................................................................................................................. Who are the main characters? When do the events in the text occur? Justify your answer. Who is telling the story? Justify your answer. Who or what do the following pronouns refer to? I told them that (l. 41) .................................................................................................................. I told them that (l. 41) ................................................................................................................. It amused them (l. 41) .................................................................................................................. I was shot down (l. 45) ................................................................................................................ I pray to him to make you die (l. 50) ........................................................................................... I ask that you would forgive me (l. 51) ........................................................................................

6. Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answers by quoting from the text. Mention the lines. a) One of the characters is wounded.

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b) Father Kraus uses a piece of clothing because the other man is cold. T

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c) Father Kraus believes the other man is going to die.

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d) Father Kraus puts his life at risk.

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e) The man’s plane crashed because of bad weather conditions.

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7. "'I think you are dying', the priest said". Find four elements that justify this diagnosis. Mention the lines. 8. Using your own words, show the evolution in the priest's feelings. 9. Analyse the priest’s dilemma. In your opinion, what makes him a hero? 10. Translate into French from : "Father Kraus…" (l. 7) to "… around my father's head." (l. 12)

II – EXPRESSION Traitez l'un des deux sujets suivants, au choix. a) A few years later, the pilot writes to Father Kraus to thank him again. Write the letter. (300 words). b) What is your idea of a hero? Draw from books, films or history to support your view. (300 words).

I – COMPRÉHENSION 100 pts

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1) Where is the scene set?

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Country : ………………………..Germany Exact location : …………………In a church 2/4

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Term. ES-S LV1 Mock exam

Duration : 3 hours

Weight : 3

February 2008

*Accepter : any country occupied by German troops. 2) Who are the main characters ?

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-An American pilot (l. 38) -A German priest / Father Kraus 3) When do these events occur ? Justify your answer.

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During World War II : "I think it was the Nazis." (l. 49) 4) Who is telling the story? Justify your answer.

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The son of the pilot "my father … " (l. 2) 5) Who or what do the following pronouns refer to ? I told them that (l. 41)………………………... the priest. I told them that (l. 41)……………………….. the Nazis / a German patrol It amused them (l. 41)………………….….... what the priest told them I was shot down (l. 45)……………………… the American pilot I pray to him to make you die (l. 50)………..God I ask that you would forgive me (l. 51)………the priest 6) Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answers by quoting from the text. (5 × 4 points, 0 point si absence de justification).

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a) One of the characters is wounded. True

"badly hurt" (l. 5) "my father’s blood"(l. 10)

b) Father Kraus uses a piece of clothing because the other man is cold. False "tied them tightly around my father’s head"(l. 13) c) Father Kraus believes the other man is going to die. True "the last rites of Extreme Unction" (l. 17/18) "the oils of sacrament"(l. 20) « I think you are dying» (l. 22) d) Father Kraus puts his life at risk. True "anyone found helping him would be summarily executed"(l. 39) e) The man’s plane crashed because of bad weather conditions. False "I was shot down" (l. 47) 7) "'I think you are dying', the priest said". Find 4 elements that justify this diagnosis. –"You have lost much blood" (l. 14) – "My father lost consciousness again" (l. 16) – "The wounded pilot's temperature had risen sharply" (l. 18) et aussi – "His injuries were grievous" (l. 19).

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8) Using your own words, show the evolution in the priest's feelings. 18 pts At first, the priest feels threatened by the pilot who aims a pistol at him. Then he realizes that the pilot is seriously wounded and dying. So he decides to help him. But now he fears for his own life: a German patrol might search the church, find the wounded pilot man and execute them summarily. 9) What makes the priest a hero? He hides the American pilot, lies to the German patrol, knowing he risks his life. ("anyone found helping him would be summarily executed", l. 39) 10) Translate into French : from : "Father Kraus… » (l. 8) to « …around my father's head.."(l. 10) Texte anglais

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Term. ES-S LV1 Mock exam

Father Kraus helped my father rise to his feet

Duration : 3 hours

Weight : 3

Le père Kraus aida mon père à se relever

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and, bearing my father’s weight, walked et, le soutenant, le fit marcher jusqu’à la porte him to the door

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near the vestibule leading to the bell tower

située près du vestibule qui menait au clocher

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which overlooked the village.

surplombant le village.

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They struggled up the narrow stairs

Ils gravirent à grand peine l'escalier étroit,

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and my father’s blood stained each step as they climbed.

chaque marche recevant une tache du sang de mon père.

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When they reached the small room at the top of the stairs

Quand ils atteignirent la petite pièce située en haut de l’escalier

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the priest set my father down.

Le prêtre déposa mon père.

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The priest removed his ruined, bloody vestments

Le prêtre retira ses habits sacerdotaux déchirés et tachés de sang

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and made a pillow to support my father's head.

Dont il fit un oreiller pour soutenir la tête de mon père.

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Then the priest took his chasuble and tore it into long strips,

Ensuite le prêtre prit son chasuble et le déchira pour en faire de longues bandelettes

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and tied them tightly around my father's qu’il serra fortement autour de la tête de mon head. père.

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II – EXPRESSION 100 points

Traitez l'un des deux sujets suivants, au choix. 1) A few years later, the pilot writes to Father Kraus to thank him again. Write the letter. (200 words) 2) Drawing from books, films or history, tell about cases of heroism. (200 words)

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