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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lynch whisper to Stephen is also under the shelter?
(a) the girl from the tram
(b) Stephen's mother
(c) the nuns from the madhouse
(d) the girl from the sea

2. How does Stephen see his acts of devotion to God?
(a) as pressing keys of a divine cash register
(b) as protection against prostitutes
(c) as notches in a heavenly belt
(d) as tally marks on a chalkboard

3. How does Stephen classify one who plays the role of a believer though he does not believe?
(a) as an atheist
(b) as a Jesuit
(c) as a hypocrite
(d) as an agnostic

4. Although he purposefully enters the brothel, how does he feel later?
(a) disturbed that he cannot save the workers there
(b) justified that he acted only out of nature
(c) numbed as though he had not gone in
(d) wounded and shamed by much of what he perceives there

5. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?
(a) sit on the floor
(b) kneel
(c) stand in the corner
(d) return to their seats

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen suspect is also in the audience the night of the play?

2. What is a major theme of the book?

3. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

4. What keeps him from confessing his unworthiness and walking out of the chapel?

5. What offer does the director make to Stephen when he calls him to his office?

(see the answer key)

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