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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 Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he asks Rudolph if he has told any lies in his confession?
(a) I'm not sure.
(b) Yes.
(c) I can't say.
(d) No.

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

3. Who brings Rudolph Miller to Father Schwartz when he first comes to see him at the start of the story?
(a) Rudolph's mother.
(b) A fellow priest.
(c) Father Schwartz's housekeeper.
(d) Rudolph's father.

4. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "phrases" he had used during his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) Grimy.
(b) Obscene.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Inappropriate.

5. What concerns Rudolph at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) He worries Father Schwartz will not be in the confessional.
(b) He worries someone will be able to hear his confession.
(c) He worries his confession will anger the priest.
(d) He worries his father will listen to his confession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rudolph upset at the end of his confession with Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

2. Why did Rudolph's father tell him to go to confession three days before the narrative present?

3. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph's father?

4. When does Chapter 2 begin?

5. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?

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