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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Stephen feel about the Virgin?
(a) She has chosen him to be her white knight.
(b) As a mother, she overlooks the sins of her children.
(c) She can order her Son to do her will.
(d) Mary does not humiliate the sinner who approaches her.

3. What do the sermons do for Stephen?
(a) They put him to sleep.
(b) They give him a good laugh.
(c) They make him reject the teaching of the Church.
(d) They pierce Stephen's clouded mind and sin-numbed soul.

4. What happens to Stephen's voice as he gets to his major sin?
(a) It is low and murmuring.
(b) It is choked with emotion.
(c) It fails him completely.
(d) It becomes stronger.

5. What strikes fear into the sinner, but is a blessed moment for the believer?
(a) the Eucharist
(b) confession
(c) the divil
(d) death

Short Answer Questions

1. What is detailed by cramped conditions, the darkness, the stench, the fires, the enraged howls and suffering screams of the damned, and the mocking of devils?

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

3. Whose innocence does Stephen remember trampling on?

4. How does Stephen begin seeing himself?

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

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