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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz about his feelings about his parents in Chapter 2?
(a) He has wished his parent's dead.
(b) He has thought he might be too good to be his parent's son.
(c) He has wished his parent's would split up.
(d) He has thought his parents were evil.

2. What is Father Schwartz first name?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Albert.
(c) Adolphus.
(d) Allain.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he finally speaks?

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

3. Who is the author of "Absolution"?

4. What does Father Schwartz do every night?

5. What words does Father Schwartz use when listening to Rudolph's confession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object in Father Schwartz's room reminds him of "gruesome labyrinths" (1)? Why does he stare at this object in the first place?

2. What "easy sins" did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

3. Why did Rudolph's father tell him he had to go to confession three days before Rudolph came to see Father Schwartz in his home? Did Rudolph obey his father?

4. What questions does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph when he says he has committed a terrible sin?

5. Who is Rudolph Miller? How does Father Schwartz behave when he first comes to his house in Chapter 1?

6. What plan does Rudolph come up with at the end of Chapter 2 to avoid having to take communion at church the next day?

7. Who is Blatchford Sarnmenington? What happens when Rudolph thinks of him?

8. What is Father Schwartz's mood at the start of the story? How do you know?

9. What words does Father Schwartz use when addressing Rudolph in the confessional in Chapter 2?

10. What sin did Rudolph finally confess to Father Schwartz after he "exhausted the minor offenses" (6)?

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