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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 the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God?
(a) oblivion
(b) excommunication
(c) purgatory
(d) hell

2. What goes through Stephen's head as he enters the confessional?
(a) He wonders if the priest will recognize his voice.
(b) He considers running away.
(c) He anticipates great relief afterward.
(d) He wishes his sin had been any but the one it is.

3. How does Stephen react to the announcement of the rector?
(a) His attitude is one of boredom.
(b) He plans to be sick next Friday.
(c) He is glad he will have a chance to reform.
(d) His heart withers with fear.

4. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or the stocks
(b) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet
(c) a choice between flogging and expulsion
(d) a choice between flogging or public humiliation

5. What troubles Stephen that is so little cared about in general society?
(a) his religious convictions
(b) his esthetic philosophy
(c) his family problems
(d) his interest in education

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

2. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

3. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?

4. As he goes outside, what serves to increase his piety?

5. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?

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