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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose innocence does Stephen remember trampling on?
(a) Mercedes
(b) a young prostitute
(c) the girl on the tram
(d) a girl named Emma

2. What is it about his mother that really bothers Stephen when the subject of the university comes up?
(a) her indifference
(b) her distrust of him
(c) her contempt for education
(d) her objection to the expense

3. What begins to take on an attractive appearance to Stephen?
(a) giving in to temptation
(b) the idea of becoming a priest
(c) having religious discussions
(d) his face in the mirror

4. Where does Stephen's father want to send him?
(a) to New York
(b) to Australia
(c) to a trade school
(d) the university

5. Who from the Bible are contrasted by the preacher?
(a) Moses is contrasted with Christ.
(b) Adam and Eve are contrasted with Christ.
(c) Pharaoh is contrasted with Christ.
(d) Pontius Pilate is contrasted with christ.

6. How could Stephen's thoughts after leaving the director's office be described in one word?
(a) hostile
(b) astonished
(c) vain
(d) empty

7. Since the only sins Stephen has to confess these days are minor, what does his confessor want him to name?
(a) his old sins
(b) his fantasies about sinning
(c) sins that he would never commit
(d) sins that still tempt him

8. Who does not want Stephen to go to the university?
(a) Stephen
(b) his brothers and sisters
(c) his mother
(d) the Jesuits

9. How does Stephen see his acts of devotion to God?
(a) as notches in a heavenly belt
(b) as pressing keys of a divine cash register
(c) as tally marks on a chalkboard
(d) as protection against prostitutes

10. How does the preacher define sin?
(a) a rebellion of the intellect, incompatible with our true nature
(b) a giving in to our naturally base natures
(c) a wallowing in sinful mire
(d) a slap in the face of God

11. When the rector enters the classroom, what does the boy behind Stephen want him to do?
(a) to ask the rector a difficult question
(b) to lead a salute to the rector
(c) to pretend to plug up his ears
(d) to put an apple on the rector's desk

12. How does Stephen now view the guardians of his boyhood?
(a) as ways of keeping him ignorant
(b) as the factor that has made him strong
(c) as means of controlling him
(d) as necessary influences

13. At the first of the retreat, what helps to awaken Stephen's soul slightly?
(a) the topic of Pergatory
(b) the topics of love and forgiveness
(c) the topic of a caring God
(d) the topics of death and judgment

14. What does the rector announce that will take place on Friday?
(a) a banquet will be served
(b) a day of prayer and meditation will be observed
(c) confession will be heard
(d) all classes will be shortened

15. What begins to needle him and cause minor disruptions to his devotions?
(a) the teasing of other boys
(b) imperfections in himself
(c) images of Emma in his head
(d) remembering the girl on the tram

Short Answer Questions

1. What about his life in the past does Stephen now wonder about?

2. How does Stephen come to view all of creation?

3. What does the preacher say is available to the living to spare them from this everlasting torment?

4. Going through all these strict devotions, how does Stephen come to feel about himself?

5. What keeps him from confessing his unworthiness and walking out of the chapel?

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