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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?
(a) The rector agrees to speak to Father Dolan.
(b) The rector punishes Stephen again.
(c) The rector excuses Father Dolan.
(d) The rector dismisses Father Dolan.

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

3. What emotion does Stephen have over the reversal of his family's fortunes?
(a) mortification
(b) incredulity
(c) sadness
(d) indifference

4. How do the boys see Stephen after he talks with the rector?
(a) as a tattle tale
(b) as a hero
(c) as a sneak
(d) as an enemy

5. How does Stephen see the priests in this first chapter of the book?
(a) as flawless beings
(b) as merciless oppressors
(c) as avenging angels of God
(d) as irreligious

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

7. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?
(a) Eileen
(b) His mother
(c) Dante
(d) Margaret

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

9. What goes through Stephen's mind about the beautiful girl at the party?
(a) How he would like to kick her.
(b) How much she looks like Mercedes.
(c) How she is too old for him.
(d) How he could easily catch hold of her and kiss her.

10. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?
(a) to Cork
(b) to Gallway
(c) to Clongowes
(d) to Belfast

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

12. What job is given to Stephen?
(a) doing laundry
(b) unpacking boxes
(c) delivering newspapers
(d) carrying messages

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

14. What public transportation does Stephen take?
(a) shank's mare
(b) new motor buses
(c) horse drawn trams
(d) market carts

15. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?
(a) Mercedes
(b) Porsche
(c) Minnie Cooper
(d) Bentley Ann

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?

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

3. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

4. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?

5. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

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