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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the preacher define sin?
(a) a slap in the face of God
(b) a rebellion of the intellect, incompatible with our true nature
(c) a giving in to our naturally base natures
(d) a wallowing in sinful mire

2. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?
(a) Stephen's father calls religious education a "blight on the land."
(b) Stephen's father calls all priests "instruments of the devil."
(c) Stephen's father calls the British "the saviors of Ireland."
(d) Stephen's father calls the language of the Holy Ghost "bad language."

3. When the rector enters the classroom, what does the boy behind Stephen want him to do?
(a) to lead a salute to the rector
(b) to pretend to plug up his ears
(c) to put an apple on the rector's desk
(d) to ask the rector a difficult question

4. What scandalous suggestion is rumored about the five boys who ran away?
(a) They had smuggled a prostitute into the school
(b) They were caught peeping into ladies' bedrooms.
(c) They were showing their bottoms to ladies on the street.
(d) They were caught "smugging" in the square with two younger boys.

5. What happens to Stephen's voice as he gets to his major sin?
(a) It fails him completely.
(b) It becomes stronger.
(c) It is choked with emotion.
(d) It is low and murmuring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

2. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?

3. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?

4. What does Stephen resolve to do?

5. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?

(see the answer key)

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