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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

4. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?
(a) Stephen's grandmother's funeral
(b) the auction of his property
(c) a job interview
(d) a visit to a clinic

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

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

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

8. For what does Stephen continually search?
(a) for his Mercedes
(b) for his friend Aubrey
(c) for his fortune
(d) for a job

9. 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) It signifies a change in his father's finances.
(d) They plan to send him to England to study.

10. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?
(a) Father Dolan
(b) the bully Wells
(c) Father Arnall
(d) Tusker Boyle

11. What is Stephen's most troubling problem as he sees it?
(a) the need to make money
(b) the bad influences of his friends
(c) the wasting fires of lust
(d) the lack of faith

12. 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

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

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

15. What does Stephen do about new words he hears the adults use?
(a) makes a list but does not spell them correctly
(b) interrupts conversation to ask their meanings
(c) tries to use them in his own conversation
(d) figures out their meanings

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?

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

3. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

4. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

5. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

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