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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pola, Rome, Trieste.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Joyce choose to deal with his troubles?
(a) He drank heavily.
(b) He did drugs.
(c) He slept.
(d) He addressed them directly.

2. Joyce could be categorized as ____________________.
(a) A martyr.
(b) A sociopath.
(c) A philanthropist.
(d) A bohemian.

3. What religion did the Joyce family practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

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

5. Joyce briefly considered a career in _______________.
(a) Music.
(b) Religion.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of Joyce's was published in 1907 but for which he received no money?

2. Who was the favorite child in the Joyce family?

3. Which writer wrote to Joyce asking for some of Joyce's work to be included in an anthology?

4. Who saved Joyce's draft of PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN when he tossed it into the fire?

5. Where did Joyce go to further his studies?

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