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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Joyce's newspaper never take off?
2. What did Joyce forbid Nora to wear on the trip in #68?
3. What did Joyce consider to be life's most important relationship?
4. Who is the girl Joyce began to date in 1904?
5. Which book of Joyce's was published in 1907 but for which he received no money?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of writing did Joyce find interesting at this time and which author even sent Joyce a letter?
2. When did Joyce meet Nora Barnacle and what was she like?
3. What role did Stanislaus play in Joyce's life in 1905-1906?
4. What bad luck awaited Joyce when he went to Trieste for a position at a Berlitz school?
5. What was Joyce like as a young child in school and for what was he frequently punished?
6. What was the source of a major break between Joyce and Nora in 1909 and what happened after he and Nora reconciled?
7. How did Joyce come to be in Pola in Yugoslavia and why did he eventually leave?
8. When was Joyce born and who had a strong influence on him as a boy?
9. How did Joyce use family relationships in his work and why did Ellmann think Joyce did so?
10. What was Joyce's relationship like with his father and how many siblings did Joyce have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Create a brief character study of Nora Barnacle Joyce. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What were her primary motivations during her life?
Essay Topic 2
The theme of struggling with personal identity is an important one in this book. Describe how it extends through setting, characters and issues and provide examples for each.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would writers have a lonely life even though it may have seemed exciting and glamorous to other people? Why would Nora have had an especially lonely life being the wife of James Joyce? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
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