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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about his mother that really bothers Stephen when the subject of the university comes up?
(a) her objection to the expense
(b) her distrust of him
(c) her contempt for education
(d) her indifference

2. What sensation does Stephen get while thinking back to Clongowes?
(a) He feels ashamed of his father's financial difficulties.
(b) He feels his soul become childlike.
(c) He feels all grown up.
(d) He feels like the retreat is like falling into a ditch.

3. What interpretation does Stephen give to his dream and visions of beasts in the field?
(a) That he will find salvation in a field.
(b) That he will reincarnate as a beast.
(c) That it is the hell awaiting him: bestial and foul.
(d) That anyone looking at him will know his sins.

4. Leaving the director's office, what does Stephen think about the life offered him?
(a) He is filled with pride that the director thinks he is so good.
(b) He questions his motives for wanting to be a priest.
(c) He does not see the priest as being more devoted than he is.
(d) He is filled with fear that his family will reject him.

5. What goes through Stephen's head as he enters the confessional?
(a) He anticipates great relief afterward.
(b) He wishes his sin had been any but the one it is.
(c) He considers running away.
(d) He wonders if the priest will recognize his voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Stephen remembers while contemplating his sins?

2. What does Stephen seem to hear now that he has changed the course of his life?

3. On his guilt trips, what does Stephen believe?

4. How does Stephen now view the guardians of his boyhood?

5. How does the preacher define sin?

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