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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose innocence does Stephen remember trampling on?
(a) Mercedes
(b) the girl on the tram
(c) a girl named Emma
(d) a young prostitute

2. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?
(a) his lingering guilt for his past
(b) his many daily temptations
(c) his ability to avoid temptation
(d) his interest in the lives of saints

3. How does the preacher define sin?
(a) a wallowing in sinful mire
(b) a slap in the face of God
(c) a giving in to our naturally base natures
(d) a rebellion of the intellect, incompatible with our true nature

4. What do the sermons do for Stephen?
(a) They put him to sleep.
(b) They pierce Stephen's clouded mind and sin-numbed soul.
(c) They make him reject the teaching of the Church.
(d) They give him a good laugh.

5. At the first of the retreat, what helps to awaken Stephen's soul slightly?
(a) the topic of a caring God
(b) the topics of love and forgiveness
(c) the topics of death and judgment
(d) the topic of Pergatory

6. How does Stephen see his acts of devotion to God?
(a) as tally marks on a chalkboard
(b) as notches in a heavenly belt
(c) as protection against prostitutes
(d) as pressing keys of a divine cash register

7. What does the rector say the retreat signifies?
(a) a time off for good behavior
(b) a chance to enter the seminary
(c) a withdrawal from the worldly cares
(d) a dedication to better study

8. Where does Stephen's walking around in smaller and smaller circles eventually lead him?
(a) the the church
(b) to his home
(c) to the school
(d) to the brothel quarter

9. To what does Stephen devote each different day of the week?
(a) to physical exercise
(b) to studying a different section of the catechism
(c) to recruiting new students to join him
(d) to a different religious facet or figure

10. Since the only sins Stephen has to confess these days are minor, what does his confessor want him to name?
(a) sins that he would never commit
(b) sins that still tempt him
(c) his old sins
(d) his fantasies about sinning

11. How does Stephen classify one who plays the role of a believer though he does not believe?
(a) as an atheist
(b) as a hypocrite
(c) as a Jesuit
(d) as an agnostic

12. What will be the subjects of the retreat?
(a) sin and salvation
(b) confession and renewal
(c) mortifying the flesh
(d) death, judgment, hell, and heaven

13. What offer does the director make to Stephen when he calls him to his office?
(a) to skip a grade in school
(b) to become his assistant
(c) to join the Jesuits
(d) to become the student enforcer

14. What is Stephen's condition as he leaves the retreat?
(a) Stephen is rebellious against all he had heard.
(b) Stephen is determined to leave the Church.
(c) Stephen is happy that he has overcome his lusts.
(d) Stephen is so sick he fears he may have already died.

15. What sensation does Stephen get while thinking back to Clongowes?
(a) He feels like the retreat is like falling into a ditch.
(b) He feels ashamed of his father's financial difficulties.
(c) He feels all grown up.
(d) He feels his soul become childlike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Going through all these strict devotions, how does Stephen come to feel about himself?

2. Who does not want Stephen to go to the university?

3. How could Stephen's thoughts after leaving the director's office be described in one word?

4. What suddenly awakens in Stephen as he revels in nature along the breakwater?

5. What begins to take on an attractive appearance to Stephen?

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