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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stephen react to the announcement of the rector?
(a) He is glad he will have a chance to reform.
(b) His heart withers with fear.
(c) His attitude is one of boredom.
(d) He plans to be sick next Friday.

2. What begins to take on an attractive appearance to Stephen?
(a) his face in the mirror
(b) having religious discussions
(c) the idea of becoming a priest
(d) giving in to temptation

3. How does Stephen begin to see his mother's faith?
(a) as being the cause of his father's failures
(b) as being insincere and empty
(c) as fading away with the family trials
(d) as being disloyal toward him

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

5. On his guilt trips, what does Stephen believe?
(a) that maybe there is no God and no need for religion
(b) that God created him the way he is and there is nothing he can do about it
(c) that he can confess to the Virgin and never do it again
(d) that false homage to God cannot atone for sin as grievous as his.

6. Why does Stephen exert enormous energy in filling his days with penitent devotion, zealous prayers, and rosary recitations?
(a) to memorize Catholic ritual
(b) to please his mother
(c) to prepare himself for the seminary
(d) in elaborate attempts to mortify his senses

7. What does Stephen suddenly realize about his family relationships?
(a) that they have stiffled the family
(b) that they are becoming stronger
(c) that they are silently severing
(d) that they have never been strong

8. What does Stephen discover when he returns home from the director's office?
(a) They are all excited about his becoming a priest.
(b) Uncle Charles has died.
(c) His father is in the hospital.
(d) The family is being forced to move again.

9. Who does not want Stephen to go to the university?
(a) his mother
(b) Stephen
(c) his brothers and sisters
(d) the Jesuits

10. Alone in his room, what does Stephen see when he closes his eyes?
(a) the girl Emma begging bread
(b) his sins replayed before him
(c) the tears of the virgin Mary
(d) faces of saints

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

12. As he goes outside, what serves to increase his piety?
(a) the songs of the birds
(b) the sound of bells
(c) the smell of baking bread
(d) the raw morning air

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

14. What does Stephen seem to hear now that he has changed the course of his life?
(a) raindrops falling on his head
(b) strains of elfin music filled with nature
(c) noisey clanging of discord
(d) symphonies of opportunity

15. Who from the Bible are contrasted by the preacher?
(a) Adam and Eve are contrasted with Christ.
(b) Moses is contrasted with Christ.
(c) Pharaoh is contrasted with Christ.
(d) Pontius Pilate is contrasted with christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen think about when he hears his name called?

2. Although he purposefully enters the brothel, how does he feel later?

3. What does Stephen feel by allowing sin to creep near to him before resisting it at the last moment?

4. How does Stephen begin seeing himself?

5. What sensation does Stephen get while thinking back to Clongowes?

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