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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the London acquaintance who helped Joyce search for jobs?
(a) Miss Sloane.
(b) Miss Galloway.
(c) Miss O'Hara.
(d) Miss Gilfrod.

2. What was the name of the magazine burned by post office censors for featuring some of Joyce's work?
(a) Folio.
(b) Little Review.
(c) Voce.
(d) Ireland Today.

3. Which surgery did Nora have in 1929?
(a) Knee repair.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) Hysterectomy.
(d) Gallbladder removal.

4. Why did printers refuse to publish PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN?
(a) They thought it was not yet complete.
(b) They did not think they could make any money on it.
(c) They would get in trouble with the censors.
(d) It was too large for their facilities.

5. In the United States, ULYSSES is pirated by a man named ____________________.
(a) Edward Smith.
(b) Gerald Morrison.
(c) Samuel Roth.
(d) William Cohen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grant did Joyce receive to help support his family?

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

3. Who was the publisher who took on Ulysses in book form?

4. Which one of Joyce's works appeared in the magazine in #112?

5. Harriet Weaver and Ezra Pound told Joyce that Finnegan's Wake needed more ______________.

(see the answer key)

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