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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?
(a) his lingering guilt for his past
(b) his interest in the lives of saints
(c) his ability to avoid temptation
(d) his many daily temptations

2. What is the literary method used in the novel?
(a) chronological account
(b) metaphor and irony
(c) parody
(d) stream of consciousness

3. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He takes in everything and understands.
(b) He begins to formulate new political ideas.
(c) He does not understand fully what they talk about.
(d) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.

4. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?
(a) to be a Frenchman
(b) to be an imposter
(c) to be a hack writer
(d) to be an immoral heretic

5. What does Stephen think about when he hears his name called?
(a) the Greek myth of Daedalus and his son Icarus as prophecy
(b) startled that he almost forgot his real name
(c) what a strange name he has
(d) Jesus calling his disciples to follow him

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

2. How does the preacher define sin?

3. Where does Stephen imagine he will live when he gets married?

4. What does Stephen seem to hear now that he has changed the course of his life?

5. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?

(see the answer key)

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