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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tied behind his back.
(c) They are placed in hot water.
(d) They are given whacks with the pandybat.

2. After Blackrock, where does the family move?
(a) into less comfortable accommodations in Dublin
(b) to an apartment in London
(c) back into their old home
(d) to a small house in Belfast

3. What do the older men Stephen walks with usually talk about?
(a) Irish legends and music
(b) religion and business
(c) mostly of politics and family legends
(d) gambling and drinking

4. What is Stephen's most troubling problem as he sees it?
(a) the need to make money
(b) the wasting fires of lust
(c) the lack of faith
(d) the bad influences of his friends

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?

2. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?

3. When does Stephen feel happy?

4. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?

5. Who does Stephen know for sure is in the audience for a play he is in at school?

(see the answer key)

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