By which physical affliction was Joyce affected?

Choose one answer.

	a. autism
	b. blindness
	c. deafness
	d. loss of limb
	e. schizophrenia

Question 2

By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced?

Choose one answer.

	a. Thomas Aquinas
	b. William Bradshaw
	c. John Foxe
	d. William Tyndale
	e. Augustine of Hippo

Question 3

For Joyce, what are epiphanies?

Choose one answer.

	a. moments of awakening
	b. short prose sketches that vary in character
	c. dream-like pieces of writing
	d. deep realizations linked with religious faith
	e. All of the Above

Question 4

How do most critics believe Joyce's exile affected his use of language?

Choose one answer.

	a. After his exile, he only used one "voice" in his works
	b. After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language
	c. After his exile, he never used split narratives
	d. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works
	e. After his exile, he only wrote in the Irish language

Question 5

In what way(s) did the events of the Easter Rising affect the work of writers?

Choose one answer.

	a. it challenged Irish writers to re-imagine the Irish nation
	b. it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices
	c. it led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature
	d. it inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity
	e. All of the Above

Question 6

In what year did Ireland acquire national independence?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1847
	b. 1893
	c. 1906
	d. 1922
	e. 1942

Question 7

In what year did the Easter Rising occur?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1901
	b. 1916
	c. 1922
	d. 1934
	e. 1939

Question 8

In which location(s) did Joyce live while in exile?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pola
	b. Trieste
	c. Paris
	d. Zurich
	e. All of the Above

Question 9

To whom was Joyce married?

Choose one answer.

	a. Nora Barnacle
	b. Sylvia Beach
	c. Molly Bloom
	d. Augusta Gregory
	e. Harriet Shaw

Question 10

Which author(s) are associated with Modernism?

Choose one answer.

	a. Virginia Woolf
	b. T.S. Eliot
	c. T.E. Hulme
	d. Ezra Pound
	e. All of the Above

Question 11

Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism?

Choose one answer.

	a. the inventions of the automobile, airplane, and telephone
	b. the spread of Freud's theories
	c. the increased pace of everyday life
	d. the controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality
	e. All of the Above

Question 12

Which event(s) caused the Easter Rising?

Choose one answer.

	a. the resentment over British control
	b. an increase in Irish nationalism
	c. the Irish desire for independence
	d. the formation of the secret, revolutionary IRB
	e. All of the Above

Question 13

Which of the following characterizes Modernism?

Choose one answer.

	a. the desire to show realistic forms
	b. the use of traditional formal structure
	c. the lack of interest in characters' psyches
	d. the desire to break with established forms
	e. All of the Above

Question 14

Which problem(s) shaped Joyce's early home life?

Choose one answer.

	a. frequent moves
	b. his father's alcoholism
	c. poverty
	d. lack of stable work
	e. All of the Above

Question 15

Which was a common metaphor used by Irish writers in their depictions of the nation?

Choose one answer.

	a. the metaphor of Ireland as a novel
	b. the metaphor of Ireland as a woman
	c. the metaphor of Ireland as a child
	d. the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier
	e. the metaphor of Ireland as a poem

Question 16

Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival?

Choose one answer.

	a. Augusta Gregory
	b. George Russell
	c. J.M. Synge
	d. W.B. Yeats
	e. All of the Above

Question 17

Who was Charles Parnell?

Choose one answer.

	a. the leader of the Home Rule movement
	b. a popular symbol of Irish nationalism
	c. an Irish representative in the British Parliament
	d. the founder of the Catholic Land League
	e. All of the Above

Question 18

With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime?

Choose one answer.

	a. Ezra Pound
	b. Arthur Symons
	c. Harriet Weaver
	d. W.B. Yeats
	e. All of the Above

Question 19

With whom is the concept of "claritas" associated?

Choose one answer.

	a. Thomas Aquinas
	b. Augusta Gregory
	c. Charles Parnell
	d. Ezra Pound
	e. W.B. Yeats

Question 20

Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners?

Choose one answer.

	a. Ezra Pound
	b. W.B. Yeats
	c. Ernest Hemmingway
	d. Virginia Woolf
	e. T.S. Eliot

Question 21

According to critics, what is the function of The Dubliners' third person narration?

Choose one answer.

	a. it counters the sense of unrequited love
	b. it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration
	c. it makes the stories seem more impersonal
	d. it breaks through the sense of paralysis
	e. All of the Above

Question 22

At the end of "Eveline," what decision does the title character make?

Choose one answer.

	a. she decides to stay in Ireland
	b. she decides to quit her job
	c. she decides to leave her mother
	d. she leaves for France
	e. she leaves for America

Question 23

In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis?

Choose one answer.

	a. it shows the stasis of Irish life
	b. it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
	c. it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
	d. it reveals characters' literal inability to move away from Ireland
	e. All of the Above

Question 24

In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc?

Choose one answer.

	a. adolescence, maturity, childhood
	b. childhood, maturity, adolescence
	c. childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life
	d. childhood, adolescence, maturity
	e. adolescence, public life, maturity

Question 25

In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently?

Choose one answer.

	a. acatalectic
	b. chiasmus
	c. fantasy
	d. pentameter
	e. vowel shift

Question 26

In The Dubliners, which literary style is used?

Choose one answer.

	a. realism
	b. impressionism
	c. fantasy
	d. gothic
	e. romanticism

Question 27

In The Dubliners, which negative characteristic(s) does Joyce associate with Dublin as a place?

Choose one answer.

	a. alienation
	b. commonness
	c. boredom
	d. backwardness
	e. All of the Above

Question 28

In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion?

Choose one answer.

	a. "Araby"
	b. "The Dead"
	c. "Eveline"
	d. "A Painful Case"
	e. All of the Above

Question 29

In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence?

Choose one answer.

	a. "Araby"
	b. "The Boarding House"
	c. "The Dead"
	d. "An Encounter"
	e. "A Mother"

Question 30

In "A Little Cloud," what does Little Chandler dream about becoming?

Choose one answer.

	a. a reporter
	b. a father
	c. a poet
	d. a soldier
	e. All of the Above

Question 31

In "A Mother," what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn?

Choose one answer.

	a. the piano
	b. the Irish language
	c. the English language
	d. the violin
	e. All of the Above

Question 32

In "Ivy Day in the Committee Room," which historical national figure is celebrated?

Choose one answer.

	a. Leopold Bloom
	b. Molly Bloom
	c. Charles Stuart Parnell
	d. Wolf Tone
	e. W.B. Yeats

Question 33

In "The Dead," what do most critics suggest is important about the snowfall?

Choose one answer.

	a. the snow represents Ireland's inability to become independent
	b. the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death
	c. the snow represents the promise of love
	d. the snow represents the characters' ability to escape Ireland
	e. the snow represents the end of paralysis

Question 34

In "Two Gallants," Joyce's major critical commentary is:

Choose one answer.

	a. that women are more at fault than men
	b. that individuals are too passive
	c. that people work too hard for change
	d. that Catholicism is not to blame for problems
	e. that women are too radical

Question 35

Please identify the story: "her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition."

Choose one answer.

	a. "The Boarding House"
	b. "Clay"
	c. "Eveline"
	d. "A Little Cloud"
	e. "A Mother"

Question 36

To what does the title of Joyce's short story "After the Race" refer?

Choose one answer.

	a. the race for more modes of transportation
	b. the decline of the Irish race
	c. the race to establish an empire
	d. the race for Ireland's welfare
	e. the race to improve scientific methods

Question 37

Which best describes the tone at the end of "Araby?"

Choose one answer.

	a. hopeful
	b. disappointed
	c. joyful
	d. satiric
	e. playful

Question 38

Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners?

Choose one answer.

	a. the positive side of war with Germany
	b. the supremacy of Britain
	c. Irish nationalism
	d. the Irish nation's inability to survive without England's help
	e. All of the Above

Question 39

Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners?

Choose one answer.

	a. the positive representation of cultural institutions
	b. the representation of a shallow, drab culture
	c. the positive representation of the Catholic Church
	d. the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind
	e. All of the Above

Question 40

In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies?

Choose one answer.

	a. they let characters come to realizations that alter their views
	b. they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life
	c. they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration
	d. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance
	e. All of the Above

Question 41

According to Randy Hofbauer, what is/are the purpose(s) of the epiphany?

Choose one answer.

	a. it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever
	b. it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth
	c. it ends Stephen's period of enlightenment
	d. it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church
	e. All of the Above

Question 42

According to Stephen, how is art represented in the lyrical form?

Choose one answer.

	a. the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself
	b. the image is presented is immediate relation to the artist and others
	c. the image is presented in a way that is not purely personal
	d. the image is presented in immediate relation to others only
	e. the image is presented in a way that is completely impersonal

Question 43

From whom does Stephen borrow his idea of clarity?

Choose one answer.

	a. Thomas Aquinas
	b. W.B. Yeats
	c. Augusta Gregory
	d. Ezra Pound
	e. Ernest Hemmingway

Question 44

How does Stephen react to his first sexual encounter?

Choose one answer.

	a. he feels alienated
	b. he feels proud
	c. he feels at peace
	d. he feels confident
	e. he feels liberated

Question 45

In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions?

Choose one answer.

	a. it reminds the reader of the hero's mythical counterpart
	b. it represents the desire to flee Ireland
	c. it represents the hero's fear that he will overestimate his abilities
	d. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work
	e. All of the Above

Question 46

In A Portrait of the Artist, how is the artist represented?

Choose one answer.

	a. as a mythical character
	b. as a friend
	c. as a family member
	d. as a romantic hero
	e. All of the Above

Question 47

In A Portrait of the Artist, the main character is named after which mythical figure?

Choose one answer.

	a. Aeneas
	b. Icarus
	c. Daedalus
	d. Minos
	e. Zeus

Question 48

In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen's relationship with his Catholic faith?

Choose one answer.

	a. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel
	b. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith
	c. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral
	d. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel
	e. he believes that Catholicism is more powerful than art

Question 49

In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen's relationship with his Irish nationality?

Choose one answer.

	a. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
	b. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders
	c. he is committed to staying in Ireland
	d. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes
	e. All of the Above

Question 50

In A Portrait of the Artist, what is the importance of music?

Choose one answer.

	a. it inspires Stephen to leave Ireland to write
	b. it ties in with Stephen's appreciation of language
	c. it reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest
	d. it provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace
	e. All of the Above

Question 51

In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique style does Joyce use?

Choose one answer.

	a. iambic pentameter
	b. vowel shift
	c. chiasmus
	d. acatalectic
	e. stream of consciousness

Question 52

In order to become an artist, what does Stephen Dedalus sacrifice from his life?

Choose one answer.

	a. his chance for isolation
	b. his relationship with his family and friends
	c. his individual consciousness
	d. his ability to flee Ireland
	e. All of the Above

Question 53

In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel?

Choose one answer.

	a. it does not explore a character's internal development
	b. it uses experimental language
	c. it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life
	d. it follows a traditional narrative structure
	e. All of the Above

Question 54

What are the three parts of Stephen's espoused aesthetic theory?

Choose one answer.

	a. perception, clarity, and wholeness
	b. kinesis, clarity, and perception
	c. clarity, wholeness, and kinesis
	d. wholeness, harmony, and clarity
	e. harmony, clarity, and perception

Question 55

What is a kunstleroman?

Choose one answer.

	a. a novel that traces women's intellectual developments
	b. an artist's novel of awakening
	c. an artist's journey in which he always abandons his art
	d. a novel in which the hero solves a crime
	e. a novel that traces two characters unrequited love

Question 56

What is the significance of the words "moocow" and "tuckoo," according to most critics?

Choose one answer.

	a. it represents Joyce's decision not to use stream of consciousness
	b. it emulates an adult's intellectual process
	c. it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child
	d. it represents Joyce's shift to more conventional language
	e. it represents that artist's use of dream sequences

Question 57

Which best describes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in terms of genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. bildungsroman
	b. comedy of manners
	c. pastoral
	d. satire
	e. sentimental novel

Question 58

Which is/are an element(s) of Stephen's aesthetic theories?

Choose one answer.

	a. art should not produce stasis in the viewer
	b. art should be kinetic
	c. art should be harmonious and proportional
	d. art should not please the perception
	e. All of the Above

Question 59

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

Choose one answer.

	a. Leopold Bloom
	b. Molly Bloom
	c. Gabriel Conroy
	d. Stephen Dedalus
	e. Jimmy Doyle

Question 60

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man thematizes which of the following:

Choose one answer.

	a. sexual awakening
	b. the artist in exile
	c. spiritual crisis
	d. artistic awakening
	e. All of the Above

Question 61

How does Joyce parallel Leopold and Stephen?

Choose one answer.

	a. both are mature
	b. both tend to be cheerful
	c. both are artists
	d. both dislike music
	e. All of the Above

Question 62

In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story?

Choose one answer.

	a. Homer's The Iliad
	b. Homer's The Odyssey
	c. Virgil's The Aeneid
	d. Sophocles's Antigone
	e. Sophocles's Oedipus

Question 63

In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often compare life?

Choose one answer.

	a. a newspaper
	b. a stream
	c. a law
	d. a book
	e. an advertisement

Question 64

In Ulysses, what is/are the effect(s) of the stream of consciousness technique?

Choose one answer.

	a. it obstructs the characters' interior thoughts
	b. it provides a conventional approach to representing the characters
	c. it makes the characters' emotions less immediate
	d. it provides direct access to the characters' consciousness
	e. All of the Above

Question 65

In Ulysses, which character best exemplifies anti-Semitism?

Choose one answer.

	a. Leopold Bloom
	b. Mr. Deasy
	c. Gabriel Conroy
	d. Molly Ivors
	e. Mrs. Mooney

Question 66

In Ulysses, which characteristic(s) can be considered Modernist?

Choose one answer.

	a. the sequential construction of time
	b. the lack of taboo topics
	c. the use traditional language
	d. the inclusion of various types of media
	e. All of the Above

Question 67

In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use?

Choose one answer.

	a. unusual punctuation
	b. puns
	c. parodies
	d. unconventional syntax
	e. All of the Above

Question 68

In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear?

Choose one answer.

	a. interior monologue
	b. stream of consciousness
	c. repetition of words
	d. shifts in narrative voice
	e. All of the Above

Question 69

In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond?

Choose one answer.

	a. Odysseus
	b. Telemachus
	c. Nestor
	d. Nausicaa
	e. Menelaus

Question 70

In what context does Joyce use the term "amor matris," or motherly love?

Choose one answer.

	a. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships
	b. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death
	c. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art
	d. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity
	e. in Finnegans Wake, Shaun uses it to describe his family

Question 71

What is the function of the Linati schema?

Choose one answer.

	a. it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners
	b. it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners
	c. it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses
	d. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake
	e. it outlines the basic chapter structure of Finnegans Wake

Question 72

What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published?

Choose one answer.

	a. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it
	b. it was banned for obscenity
	c. it was considered too conventional for publication
	d. it was praised by the government and churches
	e. All of the Above

Question 73

Which best describes Bloom's attitude towards nationalism?

Choose one answer.

	a. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause
	b. he hopes to join the IRB
	c. he is disinterested in nationalism
	d. he is opposed to the nationalist cause
	e. he wants to work to stop the IRB from achieving its goals

Question 74

Which character says he "fear[s] those big words that make us so unhappy"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Stephen Dedalus
	b. Mr. Deasy
	c. Gabriel Conroy
	d. Leopold Bloom
	e. Little Chandler

Question 75

Which character says "wasn't she the downright villain to go and do a thing like that"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Molly Bloom
	b. Mrs. Mooney
	c. Mrs. Sinico
	d. Gerty MacDowell
	e. Gretta Conroy

Question 76

Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses?

Choose one answer.

	a. dysfunctional families
	b. religious identity
	c. national identity
	d. married relationships
	e. All of the Above

Question 77

Who says "history is like a nightmare from which I must awake"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Leopold Bloom
	b. Little Chandler
	c. Joe Donnelly
	d. Stephen Dedalus
	e. Tom Kernan

Question 78

With which character in The Odyssey does Molly Bloom best correspond?

Choose one answer.

	a. Nausicaa
	b. Aeolus
	c. Penelope
	d. Telemachus
	e. Nestor

Question 79

Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce's Ulysses?

Choose one answer.

	a. Shakespeare's Hamlet
	b. The Bible
	c. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey
	d. Yeat's "Who Goes with Fergus"
	e. All of the Above

Question 80

According to Margot Norris, what do Joyce's novels imply about civilization?

Choose one answer.

	a. that it depends on repression
	b. that it ends paralysis
	c. that it enables fulfillment
	d. that it resolves spiritual crises
	e. All of the Above

Question 81

According to Margot Norris, what is the ontological problem of Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. the characters' preference for reality over dreams
	b. the inability to distinguish between the "self" and "other"
	c. the inability to experience guilt
	d. the disconnection from primal senses and urges
	e. the characters' fixed identities

Question 82

According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. it manifests itself in rumors and scandal
	b. it represents original sin
	c. it is linked with sexual perversions
	d. it represents the Freudian primal scene
	e. All of the Above

Question 83

According to most critics, what does the circular structure of Finnegans Wake represent?

Choose one answer.

	a. the role of the church
	b. the impossibility of resurrection
	c. the unconscious
	d. unrequited love
	e. the patterns of birth, life, and death

Question 84

How do historians say Joyce's exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words
	b. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios
	c. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures' stories and myths
	d. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution
	e. it led to the use of a more conventional language

Question 85

How do Shem the Penman and Shaun the Post differ?

Choose one answer.

	a. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist
	b. while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work
	c. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer
	d. while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist
	e. while Shem is equated with saints, Shaun is equated with the devil

Question 86

In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love?

Choose one answer.

	a. he refers to the mythical Daedalus
	b. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus
	c. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult
	d. he refers to the Oedipal myth
	e. he uses an allusion to Yeats's war poems

Question 87

In Finnegans Wake, to which text(s) does Joyce make an allusion?

Choose one answer.

	a. Shakespeare's Hamlet
	b. the Book of the Dead
	c. the Bible
	d. Vico's La Scienza Nuova
	e. All of the Above

Question 88

In Finnegans Wake, which of the following typify family life?

Choose one answer.

	a. seduction
	b. murder
	c. slander
	d. hypocrisy
	e. All of the Above

Question 89

Please identify the text from which "then must any what you like in the power of empthoo" comes.

Choose one answer.

	a. "Araby"
	b. "The Dead"
	c. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
	d. Finnegans Wake
	e. "Eveline"

Question 90

What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father?

Choose one answer.

	a. she is a source of secret, repressed desire
	b. she represents the functional family structure
	c. she is an example of piety
	d. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references
	e. she alleviates her family's sense of guilt

Question 91

What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. the last sentence and first sentence are circular
	b. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it
	c. the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end
	d. the novel is clearly written from the future to the past
	e. it is broken up into hundreds of episodes

Question 92

Which of the following are popular sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. whether the events of novel are real or a dream
	b. whether the novel has a plot
	c. whether the novel has definite characters
	d. whether the novel has a protagonist
	e. All of the Above

Question 93

Which of the following figures of speech are present in Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. multilingual puns
	b. allusions
	c. jokes
	d. portmanteaus
	e. All of the Above

Question 94

Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. forgiveness
	b. married relationships
	c. dreams
	d. the movement of time
	e. All of the Above

Question 95

Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake?

Choose one answer.

	a. it prevents exploration of the unconscious
	b. it obscures the characters' immediate thoughts
	c. it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language
	d. it makes the readers' experience of the characters less intimate
	e. it ensures a linear construction of time

Question 96

Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde?

Choose one answer.

	a. the stream of conscious style
	b. the invented words
	c. the free dream associations
	d. the sketchy, episodic structure
	e. All of the Above

Question 97

With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified?

Choose one answer.

	a. Wolfe Tone
	b. Charles Stuart Parnell
	c. Father Arnall
	d. Daniel O'Connell
	e. All of the Above

Question 98

With which text(s) is the word "riverrun" associated?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Dubliners
	b. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
	c. Ulysses
	d. Finnegans Wake
	e. All of the Above

Question 99

From what source is the title of Finnegans Wake taken?

Choose one answer.

	a. a poem by Yeats
	b. a popular Irish ballad
	c. an ancient epic
	d. a poem by Eliot
	e. a traditional war ballad