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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scandalous suggestion is rumored about the five boys who ran away?
(a) They were showing their bottoms to ladies on the street.
(b) They were caught "smugging" in the square with two younger boys.
(c) They were caught peeping into ladies' bedrooms.
(d) They had smuggled a prostitute into the school

2. After what does Stephen model his poem titles in his notebook?
(a) newspaper headlines
(b) odes by Keats
(c) the Canterbury Tales
(d) the collected poems of Lord Byron

3. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) a letter from his mother
(b) answers to test questions
(c) a countdown to the holidays
(d) a photo of Eileen

4. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or public humiliation
(b) a choice between flogging or the stocks
(c) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet
(d) a choice between flogging and expulsion

5. What emotion does Stephen have over the reversal of his family's fortunes?
(a) indifference
(b) mortification
(c) sadness
(d) incredulity

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the older men Stephen walks with usually talk about?

2. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?

3. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?

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

5. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

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