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

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does the director make to Stephen when he calls him to his office?

2. Who from the Bible are contrasted by the preacher?

3. What is it about his mother that really bothers Stephen when the subject of the university comes up?

4. How does Stephen now view his life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the importance of self-reliance. By contrast to Stephen, it was Cranly who was ultimately alone. In your essay explain how being self-reliant actually makes a person more attractive to others.

Essay Topic 2

Write a review of A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. Discuss style, language, interest, ease of reading and understanding, and plot development. Whether you give the novel a positive or negative rating, state your reasons.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on your opinion regarding corporal punishment in schools. Use the examples of the pandybat and the flogging of the runaways from the novel. Explain how effective you think corporal punishment is or is not. Give your opinion as to whether it should be banned in schools.

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