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

2. What did Joyce consider to be life's most important relationship?
(a) Between brothers.
(b) Between father and son.
(c) Between husband and wife.
(d) Between mother and child.

3. Why had Joyce and Nora not yet married?
(a) They wanted to rebel against society.
(b) They didn't have the money for a wedding.
(c) Joyce did not want to get married.
(d) Nora was not sure she loved him.

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

5. Joyce is a name of ________________ origin.
(a) Irish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Joyce's birthday?

2. From what disease did Joyce's mother die?

3. Where did Joyce and Nora live in 1904?

4. What was one of Joyce's two main goals in 1909?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What bad luck awaited Joyce when he went to Trieste for a position at a Berlitz school?

5. Describe Joyce's personal and professional challenges when he returned to Paris in 1903.

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

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

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

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

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

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