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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Return to Zurich.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Joyce diagnosed with a perforated ulcer?
(a) April 3, 1933.
(b) January 7, 1941.
(c) December 29, 1939.
(d) March 7, 1945.

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

3. Joyce was assured that he had a job waiting for him in which Italian city?
(a) Milan.
(b) Trieste.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

4. What issue still continued to haunt Joyce in 1915?
(a) Relationship problems.
(b) Health problems.
(c) Financial problems.
(d) Legal problems.

5. Which of the following was NOT true about Joyce in 1929?
(a) He weighed 112 pounds.
(b) He had bad teeth.
(c) He was almost blind.
(d) He was bedridden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lucia supposed to be moved for the duration of the war?

2. Who was Joyce's grandson?

3. What is ironic about Joyce's denial of visas?

4. How many children did Joyce's parents have?

5. Why did Joyce's newspaper never take off?

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