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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. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?
(a) a boy named Tusker Boyle
(b) a boy named Simon Moonan
(c) a boy named Corrigan
(d) a boy named Wells

2. How do the boys see Stephen after he talks with the rector?
(a) as a hero
(b) as a tattle tale
(c) as an enemy
(d) as a sneak

3. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?
(a) his sister's wedding
(b) a relapse of his illness
(c) Christmas holidays
(d) his father's heart attack

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

5. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?
(a) broken blood vessels in his hands
(b) Father Dolan interfering in Father Arnall's class
(c) broken fingers
(d) unjust punishment

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

2. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?

3. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?

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

5. After Blackrock, where does the family move?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginnings of the poet in Stephen.

2. What happens to Stephen after being pushed into a water-filled ditch on a cold day?

3. How does Stephen try to help his family?

4. Describe the conversation around the Christmas meal table.

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

6. How is the cynicism of Stephen revealed in his encounter with a statue?

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

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

9. Contrast the definitions of what it means to be Irish between Davin and Stephen.

10. Having freed himself from religion, how does Stephen see himself?

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