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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 complain about to the rector?
(a) Father Dolan interfering in Father Arnall's class
(b) broken blood vessels in his hands
(c) unjust punishment
(d) broken fingers

2. What is it about his mother that really bothers Stephen when the subject of the university comes up?
(a) her distrust of him
(b) her objection to the expense
(c) her indifference
(d) her contempt for education

3. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?
(a) his lingering guilt for his past
(b) his interest in the lives of saints
(c) his many daily temptations
(d) his ability to avoid temptation

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

5. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?
(a) They are placed in hot water.
(b) They are tied behind his back.
(c) They are given whacks with the pandybat.
(d) They are pressed against the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?

2. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

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

4. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?

5. What does Stephen discover when he returns home from the director's office?

(see the answer key)

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