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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 Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?
(a) imaginary adventures
(b) a blood brother pact
(c) a team to make money
(d) ways to meet girls

2. How does Stephen classify one who plays the role of a believer though he does not believe?
(a) as a Jesuit
(b) as a hypocrite
(c) as an agnostic
(d) as an atheist

3. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?
(a) broken fingers
(b) unjust punishment
(c) broken blood vessels in his hands
(d) Father Dolan interfering in Father Arnall's class

4. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?
(a) if it is a sin
(b) if he hates boys
(c) if he will have a stroke
(d) if it means trouble

5. On his guilt trips, what does Stephen believe?
(a) that God created him the way he is and there is nothing he can do about it
(b) that maybe there is no God and no need for religion
(c) that false homage to God cannot atone for sin as grievous as his.
(d) that he can confess to the Virgin and never do it again

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary method used in the novel?

2. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?

3. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?

4. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?

5. How does the preacher define sin?

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