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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend did Joyce make in college who remained a good friend for many years?
(a) O'Meara.
(b) Byrne.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Doherty.

2. What preparatory school did Joyce and his younger brother attend?
(a) Althorp.
(b) St. Martin's.
(c) Belvedere.
(d) Windermere.

3. What was the cause of the death of Joyce's brother?
(a) Fire.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Boating accident.
(d) Typhoid Fever.

4. Who was the favorite child in the Joyce family?
(a) Stanislaus.
(b) George.
(c) James.
(d) Charles.

5. Who was the main character in Joyce's ULYSSES?
(a) Leopold Bloom.
(b) Barry Connely.
(c) Peter Gallagher.
(d) Harold Sloane.

6. Where did Joyce go to college?
(a) Griffith College.
(b) University College.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Trinity College.

7. Which writer wrote to Joyce asking for some of Joyce's work to be included in an anthology?
(a) William Yeats.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

8. Why did Joyce's newspaper never take off?
(a) He couldn't get funding.
(b) His father died.
(c) He got ill.
(d) He left for Vienna.

9. The Joyces moved in with which family in Trieste?
(a) Rinaldo.
(b) Francini.
(c) Ferraro.
(d) Sabatino.

10. Joyce left Trieste and took a job _________________ in Rome.
(a) At a university.
(b) At a publishing company.
(c) At a bank.
(d) At a restaurant.

11. Joyce wrote a review of a play written by _________________ and received a complimentary letter from the playwright himself.
(a) Yeats.
(b) Keats.
(c) Ibsen.
(d) Wilde.

12. Who was Joyce's younger brother?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Stanislaus.
(d) Paul.

13. Which writer began to help Joyce with publishing his work?
(a) Keats.
(b) Wilde.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Randolph.

14. Why did Joyce have trouble finding housing in Trieste?
(a) He wanted something close to work.
(b) He and Nora were not married and she was pregnant.
(c) He wanted a waterfront flat.
(d) He could not afford the rent.

15. What did Joyce do to earn extra money?
(a) Drove a cab.
(b) Cooked at a diner.
(c) Taught English.
(d) Sold men's clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joyce had physical problems with iritis and _________________.

2. What word did the publisher have Joyce remove from DUBLINERS?

3. Why had Joyce and Nora not yet married?

4. What was one of Joyce's two main goals in 1909?

5. Where did Joyce consider moving his family when he lost his job in Rome?

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