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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Charlotte Sauermann's profession?
(a) Editor.
(b) Soprano.
(c) Chef.
(d) Dramatist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Joyce feel about Zurich in 1915?
(a) He was growing to love it.
(b) He was ambivalent about it.
(c) He thoroughly enjoyed it.
(d) He hated it.

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

11. What issue still continued to haunt Joyce in 1915?
(a) Health problems.
(b) Financial problems.
(c) Legal problems.
(d) Relationship problems.

12. Which author refused to subscribe to receive a copy of ULYSSES?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) William Yeats.
(d) George Bernard Shaw.

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

14. In 1923, Giorgio got a job as a _________________.
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Chef.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Banker.

15. What did Giorgio name his son?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only play that Joyce ever wrote?

2. What did Joyce read to get inspiration for his writing in 1918?

3. What pursuit did Giorgio enjoy?

4. Where was Joyce's play, EXILES, first performed?

5. By 1915, how many years had the Joyces spent in Trieste?

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