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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Quiz

James Joyce
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Quiz

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1)

What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do? (from Chapter 2)

to work harder at his lessons
to confess his sins daily
to enter the priesthood
to be a gentleman and a good Catholic
2)

What does Davin proclaim himself to be? (from Chapter 5)

a poor student
an Irish nationalist
a non-practicing Jew
an atheist
3)

Where does Stephen's walking around in smaller and smaller circles eventually lead him? (from Chapter 3)

to the brothel quarter
the the church
to the school
to his home
4)

What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask? (from Chapter 2)

a job interview
a visit to a clinic
Stephen's grandmother's funeral
the auction of his property
5)

What does the rector announce that will take place on Friday? (from Chapter 3)

all classes will be shortened
a day of prayer and meditation will be observed
confession will be heard
a banquet will be served
6)

What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment? (from Chapter 3)

candles and incense
repentance
vows
unqualified absolution
7)

Who does one student say must be above such trivial questions as world peace? (from Chapter 5)

university students
Irish Catholics
intellectual snobs
minor poets
8)

When rain starts to fall, where do some students gather for shelter? (from Chapter 5)

under the trees
in the train depot
in front of the library entrance
in coffeeshops
9)

What is detailed by cramped conditions, the darkness, the stench, the fires, the enraged howls and suffering screams of the damned, and the mocking of devils? (from Chapter 3)

the heads of people who willfully sin
the prison for those who commit murder
the treatment Jesus endured at the hands of man
the eternal suffering in hell
10)

Although he purposefully enters the brothel, how does he feel later? (from Chapter 3)

disturbed that he cannot save the workers there
numbed as though he had not gone in
wounded and shamed by much of what he perceives there
justified that he acted only out of nature
11)

What about his life in the past does Stephen now wonder about? (from Chapter 4)

why his family always had such bad luck
why he always thinks too much
why he had been born
why he refused the priesthood
12)

How old is Stephen when he goes to confess his terrible sin? (from Chapter 3)

only 16
already 21
about 19
just 14
13)

What does the rector announce to the class? (from Chapter 3)

an early dismissal for the next few days
a retreat over the next few days
extra credit for serving as altarboys
tests for a scholarship program
14)

What does Stephen mean by the cloak of the Milesian? (from Chapter 5)

Irish mythology
a way to keep warm in winter
ability to disappear
Italian noblemen
15)

At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk? (from Chapter 2)

flatulance
fornication
feces
foetus
16)

What is happening with Stephen during further hard times for the family? (from Chapter 4)

He is losing his faith again.
He is growing stronger in his faith.
He is leaning toward joining the Jesuits.
He is turning to a life of crime.
17)

What is the reference to the Firblog? (from Chapter 5)

oppressed Irish people
an arsonist
articles about evergreen trees
a kind of insect
18)

What does Stephen feel by allowing sin to creep near to him before resisting it at the last moment? (from Chapter 4)

an intolerable weakness
like playing a joke on the devil
a sense of power
a terrible fear
19)

How does Stephen consider the English language? (from Chapter 5)

as his native tongue
as an acquired speech
as the language of the gods
as a hodge podge of many languages
20)

How does Stephen describe art to his friend, Lynch? (from Chapter 5)

words and pictures drawn from the real world
that beauty which awakens or induces an esthetic stasis
keys to unlock the prison of our sould
a profound understanding of life
21)

What does the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God? (from Chapter 3)

oblivion
purgatory
excommunication
hell
22)

What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom? (from Chapter 4)

It must come from his own experience.
It must involve his family.
It must happen through a miracle.
It must be learned through study.
23)

After dinner, why does Stephen march out of the house? (from Chapter 3)

to find Emma and beg her forgiveness
to return to school and see Father Arnall
to find a chapel in which to confess
to go by the brothels to see if he can overcome his lusts
24)

How does Stephen begin to see his mother's faith? (from Chapter 4)

as being insincere and empty
as fading away with the family trials
as being disloyal toward him
as being the cause of his father's failures
25)

What does Stephen do immediately after the play? (from Chapter 2)

He rushes off.
He hides backstage.
He looks for the girl.
He goes to a cast party.
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