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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?
(a) Dante
(b) Eileen
(c) His mother
(d) Margaret

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

3. What results when Stephen is bullied again?
(a) He gets a bloody nose.
(b) His glasses break.
(c) He fights back.
(d) He runs away from Clongowes.

4. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?
(a) margin notes he wrote
(b) nice sentences
(c) funny illustrations
(d) large print

5. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?
(a) if it is a sin
(b) if he will have a stroke
(c) if it means trouble
(d) if he hates boys

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

2. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?

3. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?

4. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

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

(see the answer key)

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