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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. Who was the London acquaintance who helped Joyce search for jobs?
(a) Miss Sloane.
(b) Miss Galloway.
(c) Miss O'Hara.
(d) Miss Gilfrod.

2. What was one of Joyce's two main goals in 1909?
(a) To learn how to sail.
(b) To visit Russia.
(c) To become a professor.
(d) To travel the world.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer wrote to Joyce asking for some of Joyce's work to be included in an anthology?

2. What did Joyce do to earn extra money?

3. What did Joyce forbid Nora to wear on the trip in #68?

4. Who saved Joyce's draft of PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN when he tossed it into the fire?

5. Which one of Joyce's siblings worked with him at the school in Trieste?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Joyce's father, John's, young life in Ireland.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Joyce's relationship like with his father and how many siblings did Joyce have?

10. Who was the publisher who wanted to publish DUBLINERS and what change did he require that offended Joyce?

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