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

2. Who announced his engagement in 1929?
(a) David.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Stanislaus.

3. Why did printers refuse to publish PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN?
(a) They did not think they could make any money on it.
(b) They would get in trouble with the censors.
(c) They thought it was not yet complete.
(d) It was too large for their facilities.

4. 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.

5. Who offered Joyce a generous royalty package for the publication of ULYSSES?
(a) Emma Galloway.
(b) Sylvia Beach.
(c) Ava Monroe.
(d) Madeline Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which surgery did Nora have in 1929?

2. Where was Joyce's play, EXILES, first performed?

3. Whose husband committed suicide in 1929?

4. In addition to eye problems, Joyce began to suffer with problems with his ___________________.

5. What did Joyce once do at the end of a play to publicize a theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was ULYSSES prepared for publication and who refused to read it?

2. Where did Joyce spend much of his time in the 1916-1918 period?

3. What surgeries did Joyce require in 1923?

4. What play did Joyce produce and what problem did he have with the lead actor?

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

6. How did Ezra Pound help Joyce during this period of his life?

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

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

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

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

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