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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God?
(a) hell
(b) oblivion
(c) excommunication
(d) purgatory

2. After the confession, how does Stephen feel?
(a) glad that it is over but feeling the same
(b) euphoric and filled with grace
(c) afraid he will die before receiving holy communion
(d) happy to tell everyone his joy

3. What does the rector announce to the class?
(a) extra credit for serving as altarboys
(b) tests for a scholarship program
(c) an early dismissal for the next few days
(d) a retreat over the next few days

4. What strikes fear into the sinner, but is a blessed moment for the believer?
(a) death
(b) the divil
(c) the Eucharist
(d) confession

5. What has Stephen been able to feel instead of love or hate?
(a) only anxiety and fear
(b) only joy and pain
(c) only brief anger and lust
(d) only hunger and thirst

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 prepare himself for the seminary
(c) in elaborate attempts to mortify his senses
(d) to please his mother

7. When does the preacher say the soul of the sinner is judged, and the time for repentance is passed?
(a) while friends are weeping over the coffin
(b) while someone is dying
(c) while the world comes to an end
(d) while committing a deliberate sin

8. What worries Stephen about his devotions?
(a) that he is not doing them the right way
(b) that no degree of devotion shall ever be enough
(c) that he is forgetting some improtant devltions
(d) that there is not enough time in the day to do them all

9. What does Stephen think when he sees his friends playing in the water?
(a) how much stronger their bodies appear than his does
(b) how they look characterless and pitiable in their nakedness
(c) how they seem happy and without a care in the world
(d) how confident they appear against his insecurities

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

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

12. 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

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

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

15. What suddenly awakens in Stephen as he revels in nature along the breakwater?
(a) a desire to return to the church
(b) a better understanding of his family
(c) a longing for security
(d) a new found creativity

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen see himself because of his frequent visits to the brothel?

2. How does the director describe the life of a priest?

3. What does Stephen resolve to do?

4. What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom?

5. How does Stephen come to view all of creation?

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