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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Joyce's works appeared in the magazine in #112?
(a) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(b) Dubliners.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Chamber Music.

2. Whose husband committed suicide in 1929?
(a) Lucia's.
(b) Alice's.
(c) Harriet's.
(d) Eileen's.

3. Who did Giorgio marry?
(a) Cecelia.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mary.
(d) Justine.

4. Who helped Joyce attain grants during this period?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. Who did Joyce determine should write his biography?
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) Herbert Gorman.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) William Yeats.

6. In what year did Joyce marry Nora?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

7. Who was Valery Larbaud?
(a) French writer.
(b) French university president.
(c) French chef.
(d) French translator.

8. Who did Joyce befriend and join for long walks during this time ?
(a) Galloway.
(b) Morris.
(c) Weiss.
(d) Norman.

9. The Joyces seemed to always be looking for _________________ in their lives.
(a) Gourmet food.
(b) A new apartment.
(c) Musical instruments.
(d) Good schools.

10. What pursuit did Giorgio enjoy?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Singing.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Sculpting.

11. What function did Nora have in one of Joyce's dramatic productions?
(a) Producer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Actress.
(d) Director.

12. Which of the following was NOT an illness suffered by Joyce?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) Synechia.
(d) Tonsilitis.

13. Which noted psychiatrist wrote a disparaging letter to Joyce?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Alfred Adler.
(d) David A. Halperin.

14. By 1918, Giorgio excelled at singing and ________________.
(a) Swimming.
(b) Painting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Running.

15. ULYSSES was translated into which language in 1929?
(a) French.
(b) Chinese.
(c) German.
(d) Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what work did Joyce devote himself in 1915?

2. The reactions of Joyce's friends to his first drafts of ULYSSES were ___________________.

3. Who was the neighboring woman with whom Joyce had an affair in 1918?

4. By 1915, how many years had the Joyces spent in Trieste?

5. Which author refused to subscribe to receive a copy of ULYSSES?

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