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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose husband committed suicide in 1929?
(a) Lucia's.
(b) Eileen's.
(c) Alice's.
(d) Harriet's.

3. ULYSSES was translated into which language in 1929?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Dutch.
(c) German.
(d) French.

4. With whom did the Joyce family share an apartment?
(a) Philipp Janach.
(b) Edward Sloane.
(c) Marcus Garibaldi.
(d) Steven Donnely.

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

6. Where was Joyce's play, EXILES, first performed?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Munich.
(d) Edinburgh.

7. The reactions of Joyce's friends to his first drafts of ULYSSES were ___________________.
(a) Spiteful.
(b) Mild.
(c) Disapproving.
(d) Embracing.

8. Harriet Weaver and Ezra Pound told Joyce that Finnegan's Wake needed more ______________.
(a) Gloss.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Characters.
(d) Depth.

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

10. Who was the neighboring woman with whom Joyce had an affair in 1918?
(a) Celestine Morrow.
(b) Martha Fleischmann.
(c) Julia Galloway.
(d) Estelle Grammercy.

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

12. In the United States, ULYSSES is pirated by a man named ____________________.
(a) Samuel Roth.
(b) Edward Smith.
(c) Gerald Morrison.
(d) William Cohen.

13. What does Lucia do that prompted the Joyces to finally send Lucia to an asylum?
(a) She ate nasturtiums.
(b) She boarded herself up in her room.
(c) She threw a chair at her mother.
(d) She ran naked out of the house.

14. Where did Joyce spend much of his time from 1916 to 1918?
(a) Cafes and clubs.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Museums.
(d) The seaside.

15. Lucia was diagnosed as being a/an ____________________.
(a) Epileptic.
(b) Psychopath.
(c) Sociopath.
(d) Schizophrenic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became Joyce's unpaid secretary?

2. Lucia was self conscious about an odd squint and __________________.

3. Joyce had major health issues with which part of his body?

4. To what work did Joyce devote himself in 1915?

5. The Joyces seemed to always be looking for _________________ in their lives.

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