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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) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

2. Where did the Joyces move when World War I broke out?
(a) Austria.
(b) Africa.
(c) America.
(d) Switzerland.

3. Why did Joyce's newspaper never take off?
(a) He left for Vienna.
(b) He couldn't get funding.
(c) His father died.
(d) He got ill.

4. How did Joyce choose to deal with his troubles?
(a) He addressed them directly.
(b) He slept.
(c) He did drugs.
(d) He drank heavily.

5. Joyce briefly considered a career in _______________.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Theater.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Joyce transferred when he is forced to leave the position in #41?

3. Joyce could not attend school in the city in #25 because the school wants the fees right away and __________________.

4. What was the cause of the death of Joyce's brother?

5. School records show that Joyce was punished for ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joyce come to be in Pola in Yugoslavia and why did he eventually leave?

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

3. How was Joyce perceived in the literary community in Dublin in 1902?

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

5. Describe the difficult time Joyce had in Rome while working at the bank.

6. What did Joyce do when he still had money problems upon his return to Trieste?

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

8. What was always an important source of inspiration for Joyce's writing?

9. Describe the salient points of Ellmann's explanation of Joyce's writing of "The Dead".

10. What was the source of a major break between Joyce and Nora in 1909 and what happened after he and Nora reconciled?

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