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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the symbolism used to show Stephen's returning to nature?
(a) joining the boys to swim in the water
(b) whistling a response to the song birds
(c) removing his stockings and wading in the breakwater
(d) picking up rocks for his collection

2. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?
(a) Churchill
(b) Parnell
(c) Cromwell
(d) Goldsmith

3. How does Stephen describe art to his friend, Lynch?
(a) that beauty which awakens or induces an esthetic stasis
(b) a profound understanding of life
(c) words and pictures drawn from the real world
(d) keys to unlock the prison of our sould

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

5. How does Stephen react to the announcement of the rector?
(a) His attitude is one of boredom.
(b) He plans to be sick next Friday.
(c) His heart withers with fear.
(d) He is glad he will have a chance to reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Stephen's early song?

2. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?

3. What distracting sight does Stephen come upon while he wades in the water?

4. What strikes fear into the sinner, but is a blessed moment for the believer?

5. How does Stephen find the dean of studies in the theater?

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