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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what disease did Joyce's mother die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Lead poisoning.
(d) Heart disease.

3. Who was the publisher who took on Ulysses in book form?
(a) Cynthia Sloane.
(b) Margaret Howth.
(c) Harriet Weaver.
(d) David McGuire.

4. Which one of Joyce's siblings worked with him at the school in Trieste?
(a) Stanislaus.
(b) George.
(c) Charles.
(d) Sean.

5. In 1915, Joyce tried to publish _______________________ as a book rather than in excerpts.
(a) Dubliners.
(b) Chamber Music.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Joyce family share an apartment?

2. What did Joyce and Nora name their new daughter?

3. What did Ezra Pound send to Joyce in his diminished state?

4. Where did the Joyces move when World War I broke out?

5. Which friend of Joyce's helped him produce a play?

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