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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen think about when he hears his name called?
(a) the Greek myth of Daedalus and his son Icarus as prophecy
(b) startled that he almost forgot his real name
(c) Jesus calling his disciples to follow him
(d) what a strange name he has

2. How does Stephen now view the guardians of his boyhood?
(a) as ways of keeping him ignorant
(b) as the factor that has made him strong
(c) as means of controlling him
(d) as necessary influences

3. Although he purposefully enters the brothel, how does he feel later?
(a) numbed as though he had not gone in
(b) justified that he acted only out of nature
(c) disturbed that he cannot save the workers there
(d) wounded and shamed by much of what he perceives there

4. How does Stephen see himself because of his frequent visits to the brothel?
(a) as a liberated Catholic
(b) sunk into a swamp of spiritual and bodily sloth
(c) as a man and no longer a boy
(d) as an addict who cannot help himself

5. In whose honor is the retreat being held?
(a) Saint Francis of Assissi
(b) Saint Francis Xavier, patron of the college
(c) Saint Jude, patron of lost causes
(d) The Virgin Mary

Short Answer Questions

1. When the rector enters the classroom, what does the boy behind Stephen want him to do?

2. What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom?

3. What suddenly awakens in Stephen as he revels in nature along the breakwater?

4. What sensation does Stephen get while thinking back to Clongowes?

5. What does the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God?

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