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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?
(a) They are pressed against the wall.
(b) They are given whacks with the pandybat.
(c) They are placed in hot water.
(d) They are tied behind his back.

3. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?
(a) nice sentences
(b) margin notes he wrote
(c) large print
(d) funny illustrations

4. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?
(a) He speaks only as an Irish nationalist.
(b) He speaks largely from Stephen's perspective.
(c) He speaks with a devoutly religious voice.
(d) He speaks mainly from Stephen's mother's point of view.

5. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?
(a) newspaper headlines
(b) odes by Keats
(c) the collected poems of Lord Byron
(d) the Canterbury Tales

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

2. What results when Stephen is bullied again?

3. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

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

5. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?

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