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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the preacher define sin?
(a) a slap in the face of God
(b) a giving in to our naturally base natures
(c) a rebellion of the intellect, incompatible with our true nature
(d) a wallowing in sinful mire

2. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or public humiliation
(b) a choice between flogging and expulsion
(c) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet
(d) a choice between flogging or the stocks

3. What keeps him from confessing his unworthiness and walking out of the chapel?
(a) the priest is watching him
(b) the fear of God
(c) the peacefulness of the chapel
(d) the Virgin Mary

4. Where does Stephen keep himself during the football game?
(a) next to the prefect
(b) on the fringes of his line
(c) In the thick of the action
(d) on the bench

5. How old is Stephen when he goes to confess his terrible sin?
(a) just 14
(b) already 21
(c) about 19
(d) only 16

Short Answer Questions

1. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?

2. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

3. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

4. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

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

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