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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a major theme of the book?
(a) Catholicism versus Protestantism
(b) Catholic education versus public education
(c) Coming of age
(d) Irish nationalism and Irish identity

2. Who does Stephen suspect is also in the audience the night of the play?
(a) Margaret
(b) the girl from the tram
(c) Mercedes
(d) Josephine

3. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?
(a) to work harder at his lessons
(b) to be a gentleman and a good Catholic
(c) to enter the priesthood
(d) to confess his sins daily

4. What is the literary method used in the novel?
(a) chronological account
(b) parody
(c) stream of consciousness
(d) metaphor and irony

5. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?
(a) Minnie Cooper
(b) Mercedes
(c) Bentley Ann
(d) Porsche

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?

2. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

3. Where does Stephen keep himself during the football game?

4. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?

5. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

(see the answer key)

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