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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 does Lucia do that prompted the Joyces to finally send Lucia to an asylum?
(a) She boarded herself up in her room.
(b) She ran naked out of the house.
(c) She threw a chair at her mother.
(d) She ate nasturtiums.

2. Who did Joyce attempt to seduce when Nora was on vacation?
(a) The maid.
(b) His attorney.
(c) The nanny.
(d) His physician.

3. What was the only play that Joyce ever wrote?
(a) Goodbyes.
(b) Street Song.
(c) Transitions.
(d) Exiles.

4. Joyce had major health issues with which part of his body?
(a) Knees.
(b) Joints.
(c) Heart.
(d) Eyes.

5. In 1915, Joyce tried to publish _______________________ as a book rather than in excerpts.
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Chamber Music.
(c) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(d) Dubliners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose husband committed suicide in 1929?

2. Who continued to support Joyce in the 1922-1923 period?

3. In what year did Joyce marry Nora?

4. Who sent the Joyces some money to help them for a bit?

5. What pursuit did Giorgio enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the French writer introduced to Joyce in the 1921-1922 period?

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

3. How were ULYSSES and EXILES received differently at this point in time?

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

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

6. How did Joyce perceive Trieste upon his return in 1919?

7. How long had the Joyces been in Trieste in 1915 and what was Joyce's life like at this point?

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

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

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

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