This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > James Joyce > James Joyce – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books James Joyce Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies? A) They sometimes clarify the connection between death and life. B) They are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration. C) They create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 2. Who was Charles Parnell? A) A popular symbol of Irish nationalism. B) An Irish representative in the British Parliament. C) The founder of the Catholic Land League. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 3. Who did the narrator live with? A) His friends. B) Mother and Father. C) Aunt and Uncle. D) Grandma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aunt and Uncle. 4. To whom has Eveline written letters? A) Her father and Harry. B) Harry and Ernest. C) Frank and Harry. D) Her father and Ernest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her father and Harry. 5. In "Ivy Day in the Committee Room, " which historical national figure is celebrated? A) Leopold Bloom. B) Molly Bloom. C) Charles Stuart Parnell. D) Wolf Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Stuart Parnell. 6. Why couldn't the boy finally go to the bazaar? A) Because there is a tea party. B) Because his aunt did not let him. C) Because his friends don't want to go. D) Because his uncle didn't give him money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because his uncle didn't give him money. 7. What is the name of the main character in "The Dead" ? A) Mr Browne. B) Gabriel Conroy. C) Mary Jane. D) Freddy Malins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gabriel Conroy. 8. With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified? A) Wolfe Tone. B) Charles Stuart Parnell. C) Father Arnall. D) Daniel O'Connell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Stuart Parnell. 9. All of these were published writings of Joyce, EXCEPT ..... A) "Ulysses". B) "Of Mice and Men". C) "A portrait of the artist of a young man". D) "Finnegan's Wake". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Of Mice and Men". 10. With whom does the narrator live? A) With his grandparents. B) With his aunt and uncle. C) With other orphans in a children's home. D) With his oldest brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With his aunt and uncle. 11. In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion? A) "The Dead". B) "Eveline". C) "A Painful Case". D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 12. In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story? A) Homer's The Iliad. B) Homer's The Odyssey. C) Virgil's The Aeneid. D) Sophocles's Antigone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer's The Odyssey. 13. What did Joyce study? A) Philosophy. B) History. C) Medicine. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medicine. 14. The point of view of the story is ..... A) First person. B) Third person limited. C) Third person omniscient. D) Third person objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 15. What was one of James Joyce's phobias? A) Enclosed spaces. B) Women. C) Dogs. D) Heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs. 16. To whom was Joyce married? A) Nora Barnacle. B) Sylvia Beach. C) Molly Bloom. D) Augusta Gregory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nora Barnacle. 17. In "Two Gallants, " Joyce's major critical commentary is: A) That women are more at fault than men. B) That individuals are too passive. C) That people work too hard for change. D) That Catholicism is not to blame for problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That individuals are too passive. 18. In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel? A) It does not explore a character's internal development. B) It uses experimental language. C) It celebrates the simplicity of everyday life. D) It follows a traditional narrative structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses experimental language. 19. In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond? A) Odysseus. B) Telemachus. C) Nestor. D) Nausicaa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telemachus. 20. How do we call this literary device? "The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck( ..... )" A) Visual Imagery. B) Auditory Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual Imagery. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesJames Joyce Quiz 1James Joyce Quiz 2James Joyce Quiz 3James Joyce Quiz 4James Joyce Quiz 5James Joyce Quiz 6James Joyce Quiz 7James Joyce Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books