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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?
(a) Stephen's father calls the British "the saviors of Ireland."
(b) Stephen's father calls the language of the Holy Ghost "bad language."
(c) Stephen's father calls all priests "instruments of the devil."
(d) Stephen's father calls religious education a "blight on the land."

2. Where does Stephen keep himself during the football game?
(a) on the bench
(b) next to the prefect
(c) In the thick of the action
(d) on the fringes of his line

3. How does Stephen see the priests in this first chapter of the book?
(a) as merciless oppressors
(b) as flawless beings
(c) as irreligious
(d) as avenging angels of God

4. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?
(a) Father Parnell
(b) Father Arnall
(c) Father O'Casey
(d) Father Dolan

5. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?
(a) Dante and Mr. Casey
(b) Dante and Uncle Charles
(c) Mother and Father
(d) Stephen and Father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Stephen's early song?

3. What scandalous suggestion is rumored about the five boys who ran away?

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

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

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