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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?
(a) He becomes seriously ill.
(b) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(c) He talks his parents into taking him home.
(d) He plans a revenge.

2. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?
(a) He notices slight changes around the house.
(b) His father sells the automobile.
(c) He does not get new clothes.
(d) His mother takes in laundry.

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

4. By summer, where has the family moved?
(a) Liverpool
(b) Blackrock
(c) Dublin
(d) Glaway

5. What job is given to Stephen?
(a) unpacking boxes
(b) delivering newspapers
(c) carrying messages
(d) doing laundry

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?

2. How does Stephen see the priests in this first chapter of the book?

3. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

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

5. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the inconsistency of Stephens' devotion to his mother and his plans for his own future.

2. How does Stephen encounter the dean of studies?

3. Draw a picture of how Stephen keeps returning to the brothel quarter.

4. Relate the conversation Stephen overhears about runaway boys.

5. Describe the beginnings of the poet in Stephen.

6. Describe Stephen's weekdays in Blackrock.

7. Classify Stephen as a university student.

8. How does Stephen connect his family name with the new course of his life?

9. What was in the verses Stephen wrote about the girl on the tram?

10. Why does Stephen take a train trip with his father?

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