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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?
(a) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(b) He becomes seriously ill.
(c) He plans a revenge.
(d) He talks his parents into taking him home.

2. What emotion does Stephen have over the reversal of his family's fortunes?
(a) mortification
(b) incredulity
(c) sadness
(d) indifference

3. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?
(a) odes by Keats
(b) newspaper headlines
(c) the Canterbury Tales
(d) the collected poems of Lord Byron

4. What results when Stephen is bullied again?
(a) He gets a bloody nose.
(b) He runs away from Clongowes.
(c) His glasses break.
(d) He fights back.

5. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?
(a) The Count of Monte Cristo
(b) comic books
(c) the newspaper
(d) The Pickwick Papers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

2. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

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

4. By summer, where has the family moved?

5. What is the name of the school Stephen next enrolls in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mention Stephen's attempt to join a group of boys after being publicly chided by a teacher.

2. What is the extent of Stephen's knowledge of Parnell?

3. How is the cynicism of Stephen revealed in his encounter with a statue?

4. Explain how the priest introduces the subject of hell.

5. Describe the philosophical conversation that Stephen has with the dean of studies.

6. How does Stephen try to help his family?

7. Relate the conversation Stephen overhears about runaway boys.

8. How does Stephen connect his family name with the new course of his life?

9. What happens to pull Stephen out of his doubt and mistrust?

10. Mention something about the antagonism Stephen forms toward his mother.

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