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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 talks his parents into taking him home.
(b) He needs help to get out of the ditch.
(c) He plans a revenge.
(d) He becomes seriously ill.

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

3. After Blackrock, where does the family move?
(a) to an apartment in London
(b) into less comfortable accommodations in Dublin
(c) to a small house in Belfast
(d) back into their old home

4. How does Stephen see the priests in this first chapter of the book?
(a) as irreligious
(b) as merciless oppressors
(c) as flawless beings
(d) as avenging angels of God

5. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) a letter from his mother
(b) answers to test questions
(c) a countdown to the holidays
(d) a photo of Eileen

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?

2. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

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

4. By summer, where has the family moved?

5. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss briefly Stephen's inner conflict.

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

3. Show how Stephen begins to weaken in his devotion to God.

4. Identify the disconnect between Stephen and his father.

5. What are the sights and sounds that accompany Stephen's walk to the university in the mornings?

6. Describe the conversation around the Christmas meal table.

7. How does Stephen view his friend, Davin?

8. At the beginning of the novel, what does Stephen remember?

9. Describe Stephen's weekdays in Blackrock.

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

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