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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the older men Stephen walks with usually talk about?
(a) gambling and drinking
(b) mostly of politics and family legends
(c) religion and business
(d) Irish legends and music

2. Leaving the director's office, what does Stephen think about the life offered him?
(a) He is filled with pride that the director thinks he is so good.
(b) He is filled with fear that his family will reject him.
(c) He questions his motives for wanting to be a priest.
(d) He does not see the priest as being more devoted than he is.

3. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?
(a) feces
(b) flatulance
(c) foetus
(d) fornication

4. What keeps him from confessing his unworthiness and walking out of the chapel?
(a) the peacefulness of the chapel
(b) the Virgin Mary
(c) the fear of God
(d) the priest is watching him

5. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?
(a) his interest in the lives of saints
(b) his ability to avoid temptation
(c) his lingering guilt for his past
(d) his many daily temptations

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Stephen devote each different day of the week?

2. What do the sermons do for Stephen?

3. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

4. What is Stephen's condition as he leaves the retreat?

5. How does the priest react to Stephen's confession?

(see the answer key)

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