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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Stephen's early song?
(a) The Irish Lullaby
(b) In the Gloaming
(c) O, the Wild Rose Blooms
(d) Old Dan tucker

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

3. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?
(a) that she was going to cry
(b) that she wore too much perfume
(c) that she was in a hurry to leave
(d) that her hat was on backwards

4. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?
(a) Tusker Boyle
(b) Father Arnall
(c) the bully Wells
(d) Father Dolan

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

2. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?

3. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?

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

5. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?

(see the answer key)

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