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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although he purposefully enters the brothel, how does he feel later?
(a) wounded and shamed by much of what he perceives there
(b) disturbed that he cannot save the workers there
(c) justified that he acted only out of nature
(d) numbed as though he had not gone in

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

3. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?
(a) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(b) He talks his parents into taking him home.
(c) He becomes seriously ill.
(d) He plans a revenge.

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

5. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) writing letters to Eileen
(b) kissing his mother before bedtime
(c) wearing short pants
(d) wetting his bed

Short Answer Questions

1. On his guilt trips, what does Stephen believe?

2. Alone in his room, what does Stephen see when he closes his eyes?

3. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

4. For what does Stephen continually search?

5. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?

(see the answer key)

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