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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) Margaret
(c) His mother
(d) Eileen

2. What is a major theme of the book?
(a) Catholicism versus Protestantism
(b) Coming of age
(c) Irish nationalism and Irish identity
(d) Catholic education versus public education

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

4. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.
(b) He begins to formulate new political ideas.
(c) He does not understand fully what they talk about.
(d) He takes in everything and understands.

5. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?
(a) They are placed in hot water.
(b) They are pressed against the wall.
(c) They are tied behind his back.
(d) They are given whacks with the pandybat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary method used in the novel?

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

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

4. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

5. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

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