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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 do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) wetting his bed
(b) writing letters to Eileen
(c) wearing short pants
(d) kissing his mother before bedtime

2. What is Stephen's most troubling problem as he sees it?
(a) the wasting fires of lust
(b) the bad influences of his friends
(c) the need to make money
(d) the lack of faith

3. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?
(a) the auction of his property
(b) a job interview
(c) a visit to a clinic
(d) Stephen's grandmother's funeral

4. What habit does Stephen hang onto?
(a) his habit of obedience
(b) his habit of eavesdropping
(c) his habit of cutting classes
(d) his habit of writing poems

5. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?
(a) They went to sea.
(b) They stole from the collection box.
(c) They drank communion wine.
(d) They spit in the holy water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephen keep himself during the football game?

2. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

3. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?

4. Who is Mike Flynn?

5. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mention Stephen's attempt to join a group of boys after being publicly chided by a teacher.

2. What is the reaction of the students after Stephen goes to see the rector?

3. Describe Stephen's first encounter with the girl on the tram.

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

5. Describe the philosophical conversation that Stephen has with the dean of studies.

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

7. Mention something about the antagonism Stephen forms toward his mother.

8. What are the subject of the retreat and what do they cause Stephen to think about?

9. Describe the sixteen-year-old Stephen's confession.

10. Classify Stephen as a university student.

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