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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. What was always an important source of inspiration for Joyce's literary works?
(a) Politics.
(b) Education.
(c) Love.
(d) Family.

2. Who was the publisher who agreed to print DUBLINERS?
(a) Patrick Shannon.
(b) Edward Sloane.
(c) Morris Stanton.
(d) Grant Richard.

3. Joyce could be categorized as ____________________.
(a) A martyr.
(b) A philanthropist.
(c) A bohemian.
(d) A sociopath.

4. What novel did Joyce begin to write in 1904?
(a) From Here to Eternity.
(b) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(c) Cheri and The Last of Cheri.
(d) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

5. Joyce left Trieste and took a job _________________ in Rome.
(a) At a university.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a publishing company.
(d) At a bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Joyce's brothers died young?

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

3. Which writer began to help Joyce with publishing his work?

4. Who was Joyce's father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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