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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?

2. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?

3. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

4. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

5. What job is given to Stephen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Write down how Stephen hears hell described.

2. Describe the beginnings of the poet in Stephen.

3. Detail Stephen's experience at acting in a play at school.

4. Tell how Stephen begins to look at his country in a different way.

5. How does Stephen view his friend, Davin?

6. How does Stephen encounter the dean of studies?

7. Having freed himself from religion, how does Stephen see himself?

8. What is the extent of Stephen's knowledge of Parnell?

9. What is the evidence of stress on the family's having to move again?

10. Describe the unjust punishment Father Dolan gives Stephen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay entitled, "Why James Joyce is Still Cool." This essay will center around the idea that Joyce's works are as relevant today as they were when they were written. It will also include his fresh approach to writing that makes the reader not want to put the book down. Some mention should also be included about the characters in his novels and what makes them cool as well.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay entitled, Imagery in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. In your essay, select one or two passages with some of Joyce's literary imagery and explain why these in particular appealed to you. Discuss how imagery in literature paints a mental picture for the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on reversal of fortune. In your essay discuss ways people can cope with losing everything they own and starting over. Mention the difference between young people and older people when financial calamity occurs.

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