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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. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?
(a) flatulance
(b) fornication
(c) feces
(d) foetus

2. Who does Stephen know for sure is in the audience for a play he is in at school?
(a) Uncle Charles
(b) Dante
(c) his father
(d) Aubrey

3. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?
(a) to Cork
(b) to Gallway
(c) to Clongowes
(d) to Belfast

4. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) showed her his backside
(b) stepped on her toes
(c) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(d) slapped her with his gloves

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?

2. What results when Stephen is bullied again?

3. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?

4. For what does Stephen continually search?

5. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the extent of Stephen's knowledge of Parnell?

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

3. Detail the paradox of Stephen's past and present in regard to the church.

4. Relate the conversation Stephen overhears about runaway boys.

5. Explain something of the longing that Stephen feels even from an early age.

6. Explain how the sermons during the retreat affect Stephen.

7. Describe the conversation around the Christmas meal table.

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

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

10. What happens on Sundays in Blackrock?

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