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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What distracting sight does Stephen come upon while he wades in the water?
(a) a long legged crane perched on one leg
(b) a porpoise leaping in the salty water
(c) a beautiful girl standing in the water gazing out to sea
(d) a passing ship headed for new adventures

3. What about his life in the past does Stephen now wonder about?
(a) why he refused the priesthood
(b) why he always thinks too much
(c) why he had been born
(d) why his family always had such bad luck

4. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) a letter from his mother
(b) a photo of Eileen
(c) answers to test questions
(d) a countdown to the holidays

5. When does the preacher say the soul of the sinner is judged, and the time for repentance is passed?
(a) while committing a deliberate sin
(b) while the world comes to an end
(c) while friends are weeping over the coffin
(d) while someone is dying

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?

2. What does the rector announce that will take place on Friday?

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

4. What does Stephen discover when he returns home from the director's office?

5. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?

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