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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 Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?
(a) They plan to send him to England to study.
(b) From then on he will be home schooled.
(c) It signifies a change in his father's finances.
(d) His father has converted to Protestantism.

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

3. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?
(a) Stephen's father calls the British "the saviors of Ireland."
(b) Stephen's father calls all priests "instruments of the devil."
(c) Stephen's father calls the language of the Holy Ghost "bad language."
(d) Stephen's father calls religious education a "blight on the land."

4. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?
(a) He speaks mainly from Stephen's mother's point of view.
(b) He speaks only as an Irish nationalist.
(c) He speaks with a devoutly religious voice.
(d) He speaks largely from Stephen's perspective.

5. What scandalous suggestion is rumored about the five boys who ran away?
(a) They were caught peeping into ladies' bedrooms.
(b) They were caught "smugging" in the square with two younger boys.
(c) They had smuggled a prostitute into the school
(d) They were showing their bottoms to ladies on the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen do after running in ecstasy along the beach?

2. How does Stephen see his acts of devotion to God?

3. What happens to Stephen's voice as he gets to his major sin?

4. What worries Stephen about his devotions?

5. What begins to needle him and cause minor disruptions to his devotions?

(see the answer key)

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