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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Stephen about his devotions?
(a) that he is forgetting some improtant devltions
(b) that there is not enough time in the day to do them all
(c) that no degree of devotion shall ever be enough
(d) that he is not doing them the right way

2. What does the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God?
(a) excommunication
(b) purgatory
(c) oblivion
(d) hell

3. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?
(a) getting drunk on communion wine
(b) mixing politics into his sermons
(c) teaching apostacy
(d) molesting children

4. How does Stephen see his acts of devotion to God?
(a) as tally marks on a chalkboard
(b) as protection against prostitutes
(c) as notches in a heavenly belt
(d) as pressing keys of a divine cash register

5. How does Stephen come to view all of creation?
(a) as an accident of nature
(b) as an expression of God's love and power
(c) as the evolution of the species
(d) as a reminder of the lust in the world

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen begin to see his mother's faith?

2. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?

3. As he goes outside, what serves to increase his piety?

4. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?

5. What was Stephen's early song?

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