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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 did Giorgio name his son?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Wayne.

2. What did Ezra Pound send to Joyce in his diminished state?
(a) Used clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Books.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. Lucia was diagnosed as being a/an ____________________.
(a) Schizophrenic.
(b) Psychopath.
(c) Epileptic.
(d) Sociopath.

4. What grant did Joyce receive that helped the family financially for awhile?
(a) Trieste Arts Council grant.
(b) Royal Literature Fund grant.
(c) Irish Republic grant.
(d) Dublin University grant.

5. In 1923, Joyce had surgery on his ________________.
(a) Knee.
(b) Heart.
(c) Back.
(d) Eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT an illness suffered by Joyce?

2. A man named __________________ wanted to publish FINNEGAN'S WAKE in serial form.

3. Who did Joyce attempt to seduce when Nora was on vacation?

4. Lucia was self conscious about an odd squint and __________________.

5. During 1922, Joyce came up with the idea for ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Which playwright refused to buy an advance copy of ULYSSES?

2. How did Joyce take advantage of his health problems to publicize a theater one night?

3. Where did Joyce move his family after Harriet Weaver sent some money?

4. What health problems plagued Joyce during this period and what new work did he envision?

5. What efforts did Joyce make during this period to get some of his work published?

6. How was ULYSSES received in the 1922-1923 time period?

7. What did Joyce have to do when a man in the U.S. pirated ULYSSES?

8. What was Joyce's demeanor upon his move to Paris and what help did he continue to receive from friends?

9. With whom did Joyce have an affair in 1918?

10. How did Joyce continue to use his family as inspiration for his work?

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