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Chapters 1 and 2
1. Who is the author of "Absolution"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2. Who is the first character introduced in "Absolution"?
(a) Father Schwartz.
(b) Rudolph Miller.
(c) Carl Miller.
(d) The housekeeper.
3. What does Father Schwartz do every night?
(a) Visit the homes of parishioners.
(b) Weep.
(c) Read.
(d) Watch TV.
4. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) He works so late he does not sleep.
(b) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.
(c) He does not get along with his housekeeper.
(d) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.
5. Who can Father Schwartz hear pass by his window at 4 p.m.?
(a) Nobody, the streets are eerily quiet.
(b) Ambulances.
(c) Schoolchildren.
(d) A group of women.
6. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?
(a) So he can finally fall asleep.
(b) So he can no longer hear people pass by his window.
(c) So he can watch the moon and stars from his back porch.
(d) So he can take walk alone.
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