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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who refused to read ULYSSES when it was finally published?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Nora.
(c) Stanislaus.
(d) Giorgio.

3. What play did Joyce produce?
(a) Exiles.
(b) The Importance of Being Earnest.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Cleopatra.

4. During 1922, Joyce came up with the idea for ____________________.
(a) Walden Pond.
(b) The Importance of Being Earnest.
(c) The Remains of the Day.
(d) Finnegan's Wake.

5. Who became Joyce's unpaid secretary?
(a) David Sloane.
(b) Miguel Vasquez.
(c) Richard Galloway.
(d) Paul Leon.

6. What was the only play that Joyce ever wrote?
(a) Exiles.
(b) Street Song.
(c) Transitions.
(d) Goodbyes.

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

8. What job did Joyce do when the family returned to Trieste in 1919?
(a) Chef.
(b) Politician.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Designer.

9. Which actor in the play in #97 brought a lawsuit against Joyce?
(a) Sean Grady.
(b) Harold Morrison.
(c) Henry Carr.
(d) Avery Galloway.

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

11. Who did Giorgio marry?
(a) Helen.
(b) Mary.
(c) Cecelia.
(d) Justine.

12. How much money did Mrs. Harold McCormick deposit into Joyce's account?
(a) 7,500 francs.
(b) 1,000 francs.
(c) 12,000 francs.
(d) 100,000 francs.

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

14. What language did the Joyces speak among themselves?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Joyce attain grants during this period?

2. Harriet Weaver and Ezra Pound told Joyce that Finnegan's Wake needed more ______________.

3. In what city did Joyce and Nora marry?

4. What grant did Joyce receive that helped the family financially for awhile?

5. What issue still continued to haunt Joyce in 1915?

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