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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the manager of the school love Joyce?
(a) He brought in wealthy students.
(b) He took on more responsibilities.
(c) He was very witty.
(d) He always worked overtime.

2. School records show that Joyce was punished for ______________________.
(a) Vulgar language.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Being late.

3. Which of the following was NOT true about Joyce as a child?
(a) He was nearsighted.
(b) He was self-sufficient.
(c) He was well-behaved.
(d) He was sullen.

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

5. Who saved Joyce's draft of PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN when he tossed it into the fire?
(a) Nora.
(b) Stanislaus.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Joyce and Nora not yet married?

2. What expensive item did Joyce buy for Nora in Galway?

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

4. Why did Joyce have trouble finding housing in Trieste?

5. Who was the main character in the novel in #32?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Joyce like as a college student at University College in Dublin?

2. Describe Joyce's personal and professional challenges when he returned to Paris in 1903.

3. How did Joyce's professional relationship with Yeats begin?

4. Who was the publisher who wanted to publish DUBLINERS and what change did he require that offended Joyce?

5. What was Joyce like as a young child in school and for what was he frequently punished?

6. When did Joyce meet Nora Barnacle and what was she like?

7. What did Ellmann think were some of the inspirations for Joyce's novel ULYSSES?

8. What two major forces occurred for Joyce during this disgruntled period in his life?

9. How was Joyce perceived in the literary community in Dublin in 1902?

10. How did Joyce come to be in Pola in Yugoslavia and why did he eventually leave?

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