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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By 1915, how many years had the Joyces spent in Trieste?
(a) 20.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

3. Joyce had major health issues with which part of his body?
(a) Knees.
(b) Joints.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Heart.

4. What grant did Joyce receive that helped the family financially for awhile?
(a) Royal Literature Fund grant.
(b) Irish Republic grant.
(c) Trieste Arts Council grant.
(d) Dublin University grant.

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

6. What was Joyce's favorite alcoholic beverage?
(a) Beer.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Whiskey.

7. Which noted psychiatrist wrote a disparaging letter to Joyce?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Alfred Adler.
(c) David A. Halperin.
(d) Carl Jung.

8. Who was Valery Larbaud?
(a) French writer.
(b) French university president.
(c) French translator.
(d) French chef.

9. Who helped Joyce attain grants during this period?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Ezra Pound.

10. In 1923, Joyce had surgery on his ________________.
(a) Heart.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Back.
(d) Knee.

11. Who did Joyce befriend and join for long walks during this time ?
(a) Norman.
(b) Galloway.
(c) Weiss.
(d) Morris.

12. Who continued to support Joyce in the 1922-1923 period?
(a) Harriet Weaver.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) William Yeats.

13. In what city did Joyce and Nora marry?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) Trieste.
(d) Paris.

14. What pursuit did Giorgio enjoy?
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Singing.
(d) Gardening.

15. Who did Joyce attempt to seduce when Nora was on vacation?
(a) The nanny.
(b) His physician.
(c) The maid.
(d) His attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. ULYSSES was translated into which language in 1929?

2. A man named __________________ wanted to publish FINNEGAN'S WAKE in serial form.

3. Who was the owner of the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore?

4. What function did Nora have in one of Joyce's dramatic productions?

5. Why did printers refuse to publish PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN?

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