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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom?
(a) It must involve his family.
(b) It must happen through a miracle.
(c) It must be learned through study.
(d) It must come from his own experience.

2. What results when Stephen is bullied again?
(a) He fights back.
(b) He runs away from Clongowes.
(c) He gets a bloody nose.
(d) His glasses break.

3. What goes through Stephen's head as he enters the confessional?
(a) He anticipates great relief afterward.
(b) He considers running away.
(c) He wonders if the priest will recognize his voice.
(d) He wishes his sin had been any but the one it is.

4. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?
(a) Cromwell
(b) Goldsmith
(c) Parnell
(d) Churchill

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

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

3. To what does Stephen devote each different day of the week?

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

5. Who does not want Stephen to go to the university?

(see the answer key)

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