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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) closing and opening the flaps of his ears
(b) putting beans in his ears
(c) shutting out sound by concentration on home
(d) humming softly to himself

2. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?
(a) He rushes off.
(b) He goes to a cast party.
(c) He looks for the girl.
(d) He hides backstage.

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

4. What is the literary method used in the novel?
(a) stream of consciousness
(b) chronological account
(c) metaphor and irony
(d) parody

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

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

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

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

9. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?
(a) if it means trouble
(b) if he hates boys
(c) if he will have a stroke
(d) if it is a sin

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

11. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.
(b) He takes in everything and understands.
(c) He begins to formulate new political ideas.
(d) He does not understand fully what they talk about.

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

13. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?
(a) imaginary adventures
(b) ways to meet girls
(c) a blood brother pact
(d) a team to make money

14. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?
(a) molesting children
(b) mixing politics into his sermons
(c) teaching apostacy
(d) getting drunk on communion wine

15. 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 pressed against the wall.
(c) They are placed in hot water.
(d) They are tied behind his back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?

2. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?

3. What is demanded by boys Stephen meets on the road?

4. What was Stephen's early song?

5. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

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