View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Stephen suspect is also in the audience the night of the play?
(a) Josephine
(b) Margaret
(c) the girl from the tram
(d) Mercedes

2. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) humming softly to himself
(b) putting beans in his ears
(c) closing and opening the flaps of his ears
(d) shutting out sound by concentration on home

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

4. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) stepped on her toes
(b) slapped her with his gloves
(c) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(d) showed her his backside

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?

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

4. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?

5. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 303 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample