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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of Joyce's two main goals in 1909?
(a) To travel the world.
(b) To visit Russia.
(c) To become a professor.
(d) To learn how to sail.

2. What did Joyce and Nora name their new daughter?
(a) Maria.
(b) Perpetua.
(c) Celestine.
(d) Lucia.

3. Which friend did Joyce make in college who remained a good friend for many years?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Doherty.
(c) Byrne.
(d) O'Meara.

4. What did Joyce and Nora name their son?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Sloan.
(c) Giorgio.
(d) Phillippe.

5. Why did Joyce eventually return home from Paris?
(a) His mother was ill.
(b) He was homesick.
(c) He wanted to teach in Ireland.
(d) He wanted to run for public office.

6. Which writer began to help Joyce with publishing his work?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Keats.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Randolph.

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

8. Joyce's father took special pride in the family's ______________________.
(a) Coat of arms.
(b) Name.
(c) Red hair.
(d) Wealth.

9. Who was the main character in the novel in #32?
(a) David Trimble.
(b) John Paulus.
(c) Michael Collins.
(d) Stephen Hero.

10. What was always an important source of inspiration for Joyce's literary works?
(a) Family.
(b) Politics.
(c) Education.
(d) Love.

11. School records show that Joyce was punished for ______________________.
(a) Being late.
(b) Vulgar language.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Cheating.

12. Why did Joyce have trouble finding housing in Trieste?
(a) He could not afford the rent.
(b) He and Nora were not married and she was pregnant.
(c) He wanted a waterfront flat.
(d) He wanted something close to work.

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

14. Joyce had a falling out with his old friend and replaced him with ____________________.
(a) Miguel Ramirez.
(b) Marcus Jameson.
(c) Patrick Connelly.
(d) Oliver Gogarty.

15. Who was Joyce's governess?
(a) Mrs. Dante.
(b) Mrs. Collins.
(c) Mrs. O'Hara.
(d) Mrs. Heiby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joyce searched for job vacancies at ______________________ throughout Europe.

2. What did Joyce do to earn extra money?

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

4. The Joyces moved in with which family in Trieste?

5. Where did Joyce go to further his studies?

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