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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph if he has done when he first visits?
(a) He asks if he has committed theft.
(b) He asks if he has killed someone.
(c) He asks if he has lied.
(d) He asks if he has used the Lord's name in vain.

2. Who is the author of "Absolution"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

3. What does Father ask Rudolph about the kinds of thoughts he confessed to having?
(a) How often he has had them.
(b) If he has told anyone else about them.
(c) If he enjoys them.
(d) Why he finds them problematic.

4. What word is used to describe how Rudolph felt about telling Father Schwartz his true sins?
(a) Agony.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Apathy.

5. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?
(a) So he can take walk alone.
(b) So he can finally fall asleep.
(c) So he can no longer hear people pass by his window.
(d) So he can watch the moon and stars from his back porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

2. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "thoughts and dreams" he has had during his confession in Chapter 2?

3. What does Father Schwartz do every night?

4. What is another "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

5. What did Rudolph neglect to tell Father Schwartz about what had happened with his friends in the barn?

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