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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?
(a) because he was perfect on his exams
(b) because his glasses are broken
(c) because he is still running a fever
(d) because he broke his arm

2. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) writing letters to Eileen
(b) wearing short pants
(c) kissing his mother before bedtime
(d) wetting his bed

3. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?
(a) to be a Frenchman
(b) to be an imposter
(c) to be a hack writer
(d) to be an immoral heretic

4. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?
(a) stand in the corner
(b) sit on the floor
(c) return to their seats
(d) kneel

5. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?
(a) They plan to send him to England to study.
(b) From then on he will be home schooled.
(c) His father has converted to Protestantism.
(d) It signifies a change in his father's finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary method used in the novel?

2. By summer, where has the family moved?

3. What was Stephen's early song?

4. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?

5. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?

(see the answer key)

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