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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen hear on his way to the university?
(a) the sounds of the early morning traffic
(b) the bells of the nearby church
(c) the screaming of a mad nun in the nearby madhouse
(d) the call of fish venders along the streets

2. What does Stephen come across while walking through the city?
(a) a used book store
(b) the girl wading in the sea
(c) an old friend from Clongowes
(d) the statue of Ireland's national poet

3. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?
(a) Father Dolan
(b) the bully Wells
(c) Tusker Boyle
(d) Father Arnall

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

5. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) closing and opening the flaps of his ears
(b) humming softly to himself
(c) shutting out sound by concentration on home
(d) putting beans in his ears

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stephen exert enormous energy in filling his days with penitent devotion, zealous prayers, and rosary recitations?

2. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?

3. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?

4. Why does Stephen refuse the sign a testimonial respecting universal peace?

5. When the rector enters the classroom, what does the boy behind Stephen want him to do?

(see the answer key)

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