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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?
(a) broken blood vessels in his hands
(b) unjust punishment
(c) Father Dolan interfering in Father Arnall's class
(d) broken fingers

2. What does Stephen do after running in ecstasy along the beach?
(a) goes home to write poetry
(b) lies down and falls asleep
(c) runs home to tell his mother
(d) returns to look for the girl

3. What are some things Stephen remembers while contemplating his sins?
(a) the ribald poetery he wrote
(b) peeping on girls in their bath
(c) the filthy pictures he had drawn
(d) his sordid dreams and the foul letters he had written

4. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?
(a) The rector excuses Father Dolan.
(b) The rector dismisses Father Dolan.
(c) The rector punishes Stephen again.
(d) The rector agrees to speak to Father Dolan.

5. On his guilt trips, what does Stephen believe?
(a) that God created him the way he is and there is nothing he can do about it
(b) that he can confess to the Virgin and never do it again
(c) that maybe there is no God and no need for religion
(d) that false homage to God cannot atone for sin as grievous as his.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

2. What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom?

3. How does Stephen react to the announcement of the rector?

4. How does Stephen begin seeing himself?

5. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?

(see the answer key)

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