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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) flatulance
(b) foetus
(c) feces
(d) fornication

2. What does Stephen do about new words he hears the adults use?
(a) interrupts conversation to ask their meanings
(b) figures out their meanings
(c) tries to use them in his own conversation
(d) makes a list but does not spell them correctly

3. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?
(a) a relapse of his illness
(b) his father's heart attack
(c) Christmas holidays
(d) his sister's wedding

4. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?
(a) His father sells the automobile.
(b) His mother takes in laundry.
(c) He does not get new clothes.
(d) He notices slight changes around the house.

5. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?
(a) to Cork
(b) to Gallway
(c) to Clongowes
(d) to Belfast

Short Answer Questions

1. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?

2. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?

3. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?

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

5. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?

(see the answer key)

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