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Who says "forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race ?

Correct answer: E. Stephen Dedalus

  • A. Who says "forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race?"
  • B. Leopold Bloom
  • C. Molly Bloom
  • D. Gabriel Conroy
  • E. Stephen Dedalus

Explanation

Stephen Dedalus makes this declaration at the end of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, reaffirming his vocation as an artist. The phrase expresses his ambition to create a new artistic conscience for Ireland.

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