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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when summer vacation is over for Stephen?
(a) Stephen finds a steady job.
(b) Stephen's family moves again.
(c) Stephen does not return to Clongowes.
(d) Stephen works out on the track with Mike.

2. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?
(a) Mother and Father
(b) Stephen and Father
(c) Dante and Uncle Charles
(d) Dante and Mr. Casey

3. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) wearing short pants
(b) wetting his bed
(c) kissing his mother before bedtime
(d) writing letters to Eileen

4. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?
(a) to Belfast
(b) to Clongowes
(c) to Gallway
(d) to Cork

5. What is a major theme of the book?
(a) Catholicism versus Protestantism
(b) Irish nationalism and Irish identity
(c) Coming of age
(d) Catholic education versus public education

Short Answer Questions

1. After Blackrock, where does the family move?

2. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?

3. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

4. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?

5. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

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