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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?
(a) newspaper headlines
(b) the collected poems of Lord Byron
(c) odes by Keats
(d) the Canterbury Tales

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

3. 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."

4. Where does Stephen imagine he will live when he gets married?
(a) in a small, whitewashed house outside of Blackrock
(b) on a houseboat
(c) in a three storey house in Dublin
(d) in an apartment in London

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?

2. What emotion does Stephen have over the reversal of his family's fortunes?

3. What is the name of the school Stephen next enrolls in?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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