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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or the stocks
(b) a choice between flogging and expulsion
(c) a choice between flogging or public humiliation
(d) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet

3. When does Stephen feel happy?
(a) only when he sees the girl from the tram
(b) only when he has a sweet to eat
(c) only when he is alone
(d) only when he thinks of Mercedes

4. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?
(a) His mother
(b) Dante
(c) Eileen
(d) Margaret

5. When the rector enters the classroom, what does the boy behind Stephen want him to do?
(a) to lead a salute to the rector
(b) to put an apple on the rector's desk
(c) to ask the rector a difficult question
(d) to pretend to plug up his ears

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Stephen remembers while contemplating his sins?

2. How does Stephen feel about the Virgin?

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

4. What goes through Stephen's head as he enters the confessional?

5. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?

(see the answer key)

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