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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. Why did printers refuse to publish PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN?
(a) They would get in trouble with the censors.
(b) They did not think they could make any money on it.
(c) They thought it was not yet complete.
(d) It was too large for their facilities.

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

9. What function did Nora have in one of Joyce's dramatic productions?
(a) Producer.
(b) Director.
(c) Actress.
(d) Singer.

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

11. Who was the owner of the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore?
(a) Madeline Krazinski.
(b) Sylvia Beach.
(c) Margot Eliot.
(d) Anna Wintour.

12. What grant did Joyce receive to help support his family?
(a) Universita Italia grant.
(b) Civil List grant.
(c) Irish Heritage grant.
(d) Edinburgh Scholars grant.

13. By 1918, Giorgio excelled at singing and ________________.
(a) Running.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Painting.
(d) Dancing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucia do that prompted the Joyces to finally send Lucia to an asylum?

2. During 1922, Joyce came up with the idea for ____________________.

3. In the United States, ULYSSES is pirated by a man named ____________________.

4. Which surgery did Nora have in 1929?

5. In 1915, Joyce tried to publish _______________________ as a book rather than in excerpts.

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