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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is demanded by boys Stephen meets on the road?
(a) to play hookey that afternoon
(b) money for his lunch
(c) an introduction to Mercedes
(d) identification of his favorite poet

2. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?
(a) He sits her in his lap.
(b) He helps her off the tram.
(c) He calls her Mercedes.
(d) He kisses her.

3. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?
(a) Parnell
(b) Goldsmith
(c) Cromwell
(d) Churchill

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?

2. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

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

4. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?

5. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?

(see the answer key)

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