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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment?
(a) unqualified absolution
(b) vows
(c) candles and incense
(d) repentance

2. How could Stephen's thoughts after leaving the director's office be described in one word?
(a) empty
(b) hostile
(c) astonished
(d) vain

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

4. What is the name of the school Stephen next enrolls in?
(a) Belvedere
(b) Cleeves
(c) Dublin Polytechnic
(d) Byron Academy

5. 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?
(a) the eternal suffering in hell
(b) the prison for those who commit murder
(c) the treatment Jesus endured at the hands of man
(d) the heads of people who willfully sin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the first of the retreat, what helps to awaken Stephen's soul slightly?

3. What has Stephen been able to feel instead of love or hate?

4. What goes through Stephen's head as he enters the confessional?

5. What are some things Stephen remembers while contemplating his sins?

(see the answer key)

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