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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 helped Joyce attain grants during this period?

2. Who was the owner of the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore?

3. What was the only play that Joyce ever wrote?

4. What grant did Joyce receive that helped the family financially for awhile?

5. Joyce had eye surgery in which city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What surgeries did Joyce require in 1923?

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

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

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

8. Describe Joyce's interactions with his family in the 1929-1932 timeframe.

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

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

Describe the role of Joyce's family in his life. What did it mean for each of the main characters? How did the family evolve in its support of each other? How typical was this family comapred to most Irish families living during the early-20th century?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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