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

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

3. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet
(b) a choice between flogging or public humiliation
(c) a choice between flogging and expulsion
(d) a choice between flogging or the stocks

4. 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) His mother takes in laundry.
(d) He does not get new clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

2. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?

3. Who is Mike Flynn?

4. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to pull Stephen out of his doubt and mistrust?

2. What does Stephen imagine about the girl named Emma?

3. What are some of the specifics Stephen is troubled by from his past life?

4. Describe Stephen's new outlook on the love of God.

5. Describe Stephen's feelings about himself faced with the upcoming retreat.

6. Detail Stephen's experience at acting in a play at school.

7. Identify the symbolic passage of Stephen into his self-directed life course.

8. Discuss briefly Stephen's inner conflict.

9. Write down how Stephen hears hell described.

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

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