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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?
(a) because he was perfect on his exams
(b) because he is still running a fever
(c) because he broke his arm
(d) because his glasses are broken

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

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

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

5. What do the older men Stephen walks with usually talk about?
(a) mostly of politics and family legends
(b) religion and business
(c) gambling and drinking
(d) Irish legends and music

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

7. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) answers to test questions
(b) a photo of Eileen
(c) a letter from his mother
(d) a countdown to the holidays

8. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?
(a) put tacks in Father Dolan's chair
(b) run away from the school
(c) call the police
(d) visit the rector

9. What was Stephen's early song?
(a) The Irish Lullaby
(b) O, the Wild Rose Blooms
(c) Old Dan tucker
(d) In the Gloaming

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

11. What is a major theme of the book?
(a) Catholicism versus Protestantism
(b) Coming of age
(c) Irish nationalism and Irish identity
(d) Catholic education versus public education

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

13. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?
(a) foetus
(b) flatulance
(c) fornication
(d) feces

14. What happens when summer vacation is over for Stephen?
(a) Stephen's family moves again.
(b) Stephen finds a steady job.
(c) Stephen works out on the track with Mike.
(d) Stephen does not return to Clongowes.

15. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) wearing short pants
(b) kissing his mother before bedtime
(c) writing letters to Eileen
(d) wetting his bed

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Stephen feel happy?

4. What habit does Stephen hang onto?

5. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

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