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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?
(a) Stephen's father calls all priests "instruments of the devil."
(b) Stephen's father calls the British "the saviors of Ireland."
(c) Stephen's father calls religious education a "blight on the land."
(d) Stephen's father calls the language of the Holy Ghost "bad language."

2. Who does Stephen suspect is also in the audience the night of the play?
(a) Margaret
(b) Mercedes
(c) Josephine
(d) the girl from the tram

3. 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

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

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

6. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?
(a) return to their seats
(b) sit on the floor
(c) kneel
(d) stand in the corner

7. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?
(a) his father with a strange woman
(b) Father Arnall
(c) the girl from the tram
(d) Uncle Charles and Dante

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

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

10. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?
(a) They drank communion wine.
(b) They stole from the collection box.
(c) They went to sea.
(d) They spit in the holy water.

11. What do Stephen and Aubrey do in the meadow?
(a) ride a mare in the field
(b) pretend to be pirates
(c) look for buried treasure
(d) play football

12. What results when Stephen is bullied again?
(a) He gets a bloody nose.
(b) His glasses break.
(c) He fights back.
(d) He runs away from Clongowes.

13. Who is Mike Flynn?
(a) The man Stephen's father works for.
(b) The man who buys Stephen's father's business.
(c) The man Stephen goes to work for.
(d) The man who who supervises Stephen's runs around the track.

14. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?
(a) to enter the priesthood
(b) to confess his sins daily
(c) to work harder at his lessons
(d) to be a gentleman and a good Catholic

15. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(b) showed her his backside
(c) stepped on her toes
(d) slapped her with his gloves

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys see Stephen after he talks with the rector?

2. What public transportation does Stephen take?

3. Where does Stephen imagine he will live when he gets married?

4. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

5. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?

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