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

2. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?
(a) He speaks with a devoutly religious voice.
(b) He speaks largely from Stephen's perspective.
(c) He speaks only as an Irish nationalist.
(d) He speaks mainly from Stephen's mother's point of view.

3. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) putting beans in his ears
(b) shutting out sound by concentration on home
(c) humming softly to himself
(d) closing and opening the flaps of his ears

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

5. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?
(a) Porsche
(b) Bentley Ann
(c) Minnie Cooper
(d) Mercedes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Blackrock, where does the family move?

3. What is the name of the school Stephen next enrolls in?

4. What was Stephen's early song?

5. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Sundays in Blackrock?

2. Identify the disconnect between Stephen and his father.

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

4. Relate Mr. Casey's account of an argument with a lady.

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

6. What is Stephen's impression of Clongowes Wood College?

7. What was in the verses Stephen wrote about the girl on the tram?

8. Write down how Stephen hears hell described.

9. Explain the inconsistency of Stephens' devotion to his mother and his plans for his own future.

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

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