1. Why does Uncle Charles no longer walk to the shops?
(a) He is ashamed of his clothes.
(b) He drives a new carriage.
(c) He has grown too senile.
(d) He has a broken leg.

2. After the confession, how does Stephen feel?
(a) happy to tell everyone his joy
(b) euphoric and filled with grace
(c) afraid he will die before receiving holy communion
(d) glad that it is over but feeling the same

3. What does the rector say the retreat signifies?
(a) a withdrawal from the worldly cares
(b) a dedication to better study
(c) a time off for good behavior
(d) a chance to enter the seminary

4. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?
(a) that her hat was on backwards
(b) that she was in a hurry to leave
(c) that she was going to cry
(d) that she wore too much perfume

5. What do Stephen and Aubrey do in the meadow?
(a) play football
(b) ride a mare in the field
(c) pretend to be pirates
(d) look for buried treasure

Short Answer Questions

1. What is detailed by cramped conditions, the darkness, the stench, the fires, the enraged howls and suffering screams of the damned, and the mocking of devils?

2. What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment?

3. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

4. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

5. Who does Stephen suspect is also in the audience the night of the play?

(see the answer key)

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