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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 thinks of Mercedes
(d) only when he is alone

2. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.
(b) He begins to formulate new political ideas.
(c) He does not understand fully what they talk about.
(d) He takes in everything and understands.

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

4. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?
(a) Father Arnall
(b) Uncle Charles and Dante
(c) his father with a strange woman
(d) the girl from the tram

5. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?
(a) Father Dolan
(b) Father Arnall
(c) the bully Wells
(d) Tusker Boyle

Short Answer Questions

1. After Blackrock, where does the family move?

2. What is the name of the school Stephen next enrolls in?

3. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?

4. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?

5. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?

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