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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?
(a) Dante and Mr. Casey
(b) Mother and Father
(c) Stephen and Father
(d) Dante and Uncle Charles

2. What is happening with Stephen during further hard times for the family?
(a) He is growing stronger in his faith.
(b) He is turning to a life of crime.
(c) He is losing his faith again.
(d) He is leaning toward joining the Jesuits.

3. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?
(a) a boy named Wells
(b) a boy named Corrigan
(c) a boy named Simon Moonan
(d) a boy named Tusker Boyle

4. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?
(a) newspaper headlines
(b) odes by Keats
(c) the collected poems of Lord Byron
(d) the Canterbury Tales

5. What makes Stephen angry with himself?
(a) his lack of ambition
(b) his lack of proper education
(c) his youth and foolish impulses
(d) his inability to express himself

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen consider the English language?

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

3. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?

4. What sensations buoy Stephen's spirits as he walks to class?

5. What does Stephen suddenly realize about his family relationships?

(see the answer key)

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