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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sermons do for Stephen?
(a) They make him reject the teaching of the Church.
(b) They put him to sleep.
(c) They pierce Stephen's clouded mind and sin-numbed soul.
(d) They give him a good laugh.

2. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) showed her his backside
(b) stepped on her toes
(c) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(d) slapped her with his gloves

3. What are some things Stephen remembers while contemplating his sins?
(a) the filthy pictures he had drawn
(b) peeping on girls in their bath
(c) the ribald poetery he wrote
(d) his sordid dreams and the foul letters he had written

4. 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

5. What makes Stephen angry with himself?
(a) his inability to express himself
(b) his lack of ambition
(c) his youth and foolish impulses
(d) his lack of proper education

Short Answer Questions

1. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?

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

3. What strikes fear into the sinner, but is a blessed moment for the believer?

4. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

5. What goes through Stephen's mind about the beautiful girl at the party?

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