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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the confession, how does Stephen feel?
(a) afraid he will die before receiving holy communion
(b) euphoric and filled with grace
(c) happy to tell everyone his joy
(d) glad that it is over but feeling the same

2. What is Stephen coming to believe about gaining wisdom?
(a) It must involve his family.
(b) It must come from his own experience.
(c) It must be learned through study.
(d) It must happen through a miracle.

3. 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?
(a) the treatment Jesus endured at the hands of man
(b) the eternal suffering in hell
(c) the prison for those who commit murder
(d) the heads of people who willfully sin

4. How does the priest react to Stephen's confession?
(a) with kind words and exhortation
(b) suspicious that the boy is exaggerating
(c) refusing to give absolution
(d) in shock and disgust

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving the director's office, what does Stephen think about the life offered him?

2. What begins to needle him and cause minor disruptions to his devotions?

3. What does Stephen think when he sees his friends playing in the water?

4. What does the rector announce that will take place on Friday?

5. How does Stephen now view his life?

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