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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. Who became Joyce's unpaid secretary?

2. Who did Giorgio marry?

3. By 1915, how many years had the Joyces spent in Trieste?

4. Where did Joyce spend much of his time from 1916 to 1918?

5. How did Joyce feel about Zurich in 1915?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain the impact that Joyce's childhood had on him as an adult. What did it mean to be the son of a poor man in late 19th century Ireland? With what stigmas did Joyce live for his entire life? How did Joyce use his childhood experiences to create his life's work?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in Ireland in the early twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What did Nora and Joyce's mother have in common? Explain.

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