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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the preacher say the soul of the sinner is judged, and the time for repentance is passed?
(a) while friends are weeping over the coffin
(b) while someone is dying
(c) while committing a deliberate sin
(d) while the world comes to an end

2. How does the preacher define sin?
(a) a slap in the face of God
(b) a giving in to our naturally base natures
(c) a rebellion of the intellect, incompatible with our true nature
(d) a wallowing in sinful mire

3. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?
(a) Father Parnell
(b) Father O'Casey
(c) Father Dolan
(d) Father Arnall

4. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?
(a) Dante and Uncle Charles
(b) Dante and Mr. Casey
(c) Mother and Father
(d) Stephen and Father

5. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?
(a) He sits her in his lap.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He helps her off the tram.
(d) He calls her Mercedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment?

2. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

3. What sensation does Stephen get while thinking back to Clongowes?

4. In whose honor is the retreat being held?

5. What does the rector say the retreat signifies?

(see the answer key)

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