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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?
(a) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(b) He talks his parents into taking him home.
(c) He plans a revenge.
(d) He becomes seriously ill.

3. How does Stephen now view his life?
(a) as a drudge worker in a heartless world
(b) as an escape from the old path and embarking on a new one
(c) as a complete waste from which he learned nothing
(d) as a hopeless drifter without proper education

4. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?
(a) because he is still running a fever
(b) because he was perfect on his exams
(c) because he broke his arm
(d) because his glasses are broken

5. 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 wore too much perfume
(c) that she was going to cry
(d) that she was in a hurry to leave

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

2. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?

3. What is demanded by boys Stephen meets on the road?

4. What habit does Stephen hang onto?

5. Why does Stephen exert enormous energy in filling his days with penitent devotion, zealous prayers, and rosary recitations?

(see the answer key)

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