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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joyce and Nora live in 1904?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

2. Who was Joyce's younger brother?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Paul.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Stanislaus.

3. Where did Joyce go to further his studies?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

4. Joyce had a falling out with his old friend and replaced him with ____________________.
(a) Marcus Jameson.
(b) Oliver Gogarty.
(c) Miguel Ramirez.
(d) Patrick Connelly.

5. Where did Joyce go to college?
(a) Griffith College.
(b) Trinity College.
(c) University College.
(d) Oxford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Joyce go when there was no position for him in Italy?

2. How many mortgages did Joyce's father have to take out to support his family?

3. In 1912 Joyce sent Nora and Lucia on a trip to __________________.

4. Joyce is a name of ________________ origin.

5. What preparatory school did Joyce and his younger brother attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two major forces occurred for Joyce during this disgruntled period in his life?

2. How did Joyce use family relationships in his work and why did Ellmann think Joyce did so?

3. When did Joyce meet Nora Barnacle and what was she like?

4. What type of writing did Joyce find interesting at this time and which author even sent Joyce a letter?

5. What was the nature of Joyce's work in the 1907-1909 period?

6. What did Ellmann think were some of the inspirations for Joyce's novel ULYSSES?

7. What difficulties did Joyce encounter when trying to enroll in classes in Paris in 1902-1903?

8. How did Joyce's professional relationship with Yeats begin?

9. What role did Stanislaus play in Joyce's life in 1905-1906?

10. What was Joyce like as a college student at University College in Dublin?

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