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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Wildly afraid.
(b) Eternally bored.
(c) Ever so grateful.
(d) Outright angry.

2. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?
(a) If he leaves he knows his father will find out.
(b) If he leaves his mother will be angry.
(c) If he leaves he will not get his sins off of his chest.
(d) If he leaves he cannot take communion.

3. What does Rudolph do at the end of the story?
(a) Runs to his father for help.
(b) Runs out of Father Schwartz's study.
(c) Runs to the drugstore for medicine.
(d) Calls the housekeeper to help.

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

5. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.
(b) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.
(c) He works so late he does not sleep.
(d) He does not get along with his housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "phrases" he had used during his confession in Chapter 2?

2. What does Father Schwartz first do when Rudolph arrives at the start of the story?

3. What is Father Schwartz first name?

4. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?

5. Who is the first character introduced in "Absolution"?

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