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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Stephen continually search?
(a) for a job
(b) for his friend Aubrey
(c) for his Mercedes
(d) for his fortune

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

3. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He helps her off the tram.
(c) He sits her in his lap.
(d) He calls her Mercedes.

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

5. What are Stephen's father and the priests always urging him to do?
(a) to confess his sins daily
(b) to be a gentleman and a good Catholic
(c) to work harder at his lessons
(d) to enter the priesthood

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen do immediately after the play?

2. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?

3. What is a major theme of the book?

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

5. What public transportation does Stephen take?

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