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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose innocence does Stephen remember trampling on?
(a) Mercedes
(b) a young prostitute
(c) a girl named Emma
(d) the girl on the tram

2. What about his life in the past does Stephen now wonder about?
(a) why he refused the priesthood
(b) why he had been born
(c) why he always thinks too much
(d) why his family always had such bad luck

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 anyone looking at him will know his sins.
(c) That it is the hell awaiting him: bestial and foul.
(d) That he will reincarnate as a beast.

4. What is Stephen's condition as he leaves the retreat?
(a) Stephen is rebellious against all he had heard.
(b) Stephen is happy that he has overcome his lusts.
(c) Stephen is determined to leave the Church.
(d) Stephen is so sick he fears he may have already died.

5. How does Stephen come to view all of creation?
(a) as an accident of nature
(b) as an expression of God's love and power
(c) as a reminder of the lust in the world
(d) as the evolution of the species

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen see himself because of his frequent visits to the brothel?

2. What does Stephen think about when he hears his name called?

3. How does Stephen classify one who plays the role of a believer though he does not believe?

4. What causes Stephen to recall how saints were tried again and again by sin?

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

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