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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the priest react to Stephen's confession?
(a) suspicious that the boy is exaggerating
(b) in shock and disgust
(c) refusing to give absolution
(d) with kind words and exhortation

2. By summer, where has the family moved?
(a) Blackrock
(b) Glaway
(c) Liverpool
(d) Dublin

3. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?
(a) a boy named Fleming
(b) the language teacher
(c) a boy named Wells
(d) the prefect

4. How does Stephen begin seeing himself?
(a) as a political leader of men
(b) as a stern disciplinarian of boys
(c) as an artist forging a new life
(d) as a rag picker without hope

5. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) putting beans in his ears
(b) humming softly to himself
(c) shutting out sound by concentration on home
(d) closing and opening the flaps of his ears

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen do about new words he hears the adults use?

2. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

3. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?

4. What happens when summer vacation is over for Stephen?

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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