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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?
(a) visit the rector
(b) run away from the school
(c) call the police
(d) put tacks in Father Dolan's chair

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

4. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?
(a) a boy named Wells
(b) a boy named Corrigan
(c) a boy named Tusker Boyle
(d) a boy named Simon Moonan

5. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?
(a) He speaks mainly from Stephen's mother's point of view.
(b) He speaks largely from Stephen's perspective.
(c) He speaks with a devoutly religious voice.
(d) He speaks only as an Irish nationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?

2. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?

3. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

4. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?

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

(see the answer key)

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