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

2. Who continued to support Joyce in the 1922-1923 period?
(a) Harriet Weaver.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) William Yeats.
(d) Ezra Pound.

3. In what year did Joyce marry Nora?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1931.

4. Where was Joyce's play, EXILES, first performed?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Munich.
(d) Edinburgh.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Joyce's favorite alcoholic beverage?

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

4. Who announced his engagement in 1929?

5. In 1915, Joyce tried to publish _______________________ as a book rather than in excerpts.

Short Essay Questions

1. What surgeries did Joyce require in 1923?

2. What health problems did Joyce have to manage during this time?

3. Who agrees to publish Joyce's EXILES and ULYSSES in spite of mediocre reviews by Joyce's fellow writers?

4. What was the impetus that pushed Joyce to finally marry Nora?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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