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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?
(a) feces
(b) flatulance
(c) fornication
(d) foetus

2. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?
(a) From then on he will be home schooled.
(b) His father has converted to Protestantism.
(c) It signifies a change in his father's finances.
(d) They plan to send him to England to study.

3. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?
(a) Stephen's grandmother's funeral
(b) the auction of his property
(c) a visit to a clinic
(d) a job interview

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

5. When does Stephen feel happy?
(a) only when he thinks of Mercedes
(b) only when he is alone
(c) only when he sees the girl from the tram
(d) only when he has a sweet to eat

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?

2. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?

3. Why does Uncle Charles no longer walk to the shops?

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

5. What happens when summer vacation is over for Stephen?

(see the answer key)

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