This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > James Joyce > James Joyce – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books James Joyce Quiz 3 (44 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Finnegans Wake, to which text(s) does Joyce make an allusion? A) The Book of the Dead. B) The Bible. C) Vico's La Scienza Nuova. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 2. Which of the following figures of speech are present in Finnegans Wake? A) Allusions. B) Jokes. C) Portmanteaus. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 3. Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde? A) The invented words. B) The free dream associations. C) The sketchy, episodic structure. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 4. What main device can we see in this line? "I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood." A) Auditory Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. To what does the title of Joyce's short story "After the Race" refer? A) The race for more modes of transportation. B) The decline of the Irish race. C) The race to establish an empire. D) The race for Ireland's welfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The race to establish an empire. 6. In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often compare life? A) A book. B) A law. C) A stream. D) A newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stream. 7. According to the story, which of the following statements about Frank is NOT true? A) He has challenged Eveline's father to a duel. B) He wants to marry Eveline. C) He likes music. D) He tells stories of his travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has challenged Eveline's father to a duel. 8. What was the name of James Joyce's wife? A) Nora Barnacle. B) Ezra Pound. C) Lucia Joyce. D) Sylvia Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nora Barnacle. 9. What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published? A) It was considered inferior by most authors who read it. B) It was banned for obscenity. C) It was considered too conventional for publication. D) It was praised by the government and churches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was banned for obscenity. 10. In this game what did the clay represent? A) Happy life. B) Early death. C) Long health. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Early death. 11. Which character says "wasn't she the downright villain to go and do a thing like that" ? A) Mrs. Mooney. B) Gerty MacDowell. C) Mrs. Sinico. D) Molly Bloom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molly Bloom. 12. In what year did Ireland acquire national independence? A) 1893. B) 1847. C) 1922. D) 1906. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1922. 13. Which best describes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in terms of genre? A) Satire. B) Comedy of manners. C) Bildungsroman. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bildungsroman. 14. Who is Michael Furey? A) Gretta's dead ex-boyfriend. B) An Irish nationalist. C) Gabriel's favorite nephew. D) A drunk party guest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gretta's dead ex-boyfriend. 15. Which of the following delays the boy's arrival to Araby? A) There is an intense thunderstorm. B) His uncle doesn't come home until 9:00 in the evening. C) He cannot find his boots. D) He is sent to a room after a fight with his brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His uncle doesn't come home until 9:00 in the evening. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. In "Ivy Day in the Committee Room, " which historical national figure is celebrated? A) Leopold Bloom. B) Wolf Tone. C) Molly Bloom. D) Charles Stuart Parnell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Stuart Parnell. 21. Why couldn't the boy finally go to the bazaar? A) Because his aunt did not let him. B) Because his uncle didn't give him money. C) Because there is a tea party. D) Because his friends don't want to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because his uncle didn't give him money. 22. What is the name of the main character in "The Dead" ? A) Mary Jane. B) Mr Browne. C) Freddy Malins. D) Gabriel Conroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gabriel Conroy. 23. 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. 24. 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". 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story? A) Homer's The Iliad. B) Virgil's The Aeneid. C) Homer's The Odyssey. D) Sophocles's Antigone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homer's The Odyssey. 28. What did Joyce study? A) Medicine. B) Philosophy. C) Physics. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medicine. 29. The point of view of the story is ..... A) First person. B) Third person omniscient. C) Third person objective. D) Third person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 30. What was one of James Joyce's phobias? A) Women. B) Enclosed spaces. C) Dogs. D) Heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs. 31. To whom was Joyce married? A) Nora Barnacle. B) Molly Bloom. C) Sylvia Beach. D) Augusta Gregory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nora Barnacle. 32. In "Two Gallants, " Joyce's major critical commentary is: A) That women are more at fault than men. B) That people work too hard for change. C) That individuals are too passive. D) That Catholicism is not to blame for problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That individuals are too passive. 33. In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel? A) It follows a traditional narrative structure. B) It uses experimental language. C) It celebrates the simplicity of everyday life. D) It does not explore a character's internal development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses experimental language. 34. In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond? A) Nausicaa. B) Odysseus. C) Telemachus. D) Nestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telemachus. 35. How do we call this literary device? "The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck( ..... )" A) Auditory Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Visual Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual Imagery. 36. From whom does Stephen borrow his idea of clarity? A) W.B. Yeats. B) Thomas Aquinas. C) Augusta Gregory. D) Ezra Pound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Aquinas. 37. Which best describes Bloom's attitude towards nationalism? A) He hopes to join the IRB. B) He is opposed to the nationalist cause. C) He is deeply invested in the nationalist cause. D) He is disinterested in nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is disinterested in nationalism. 38. How did the narrator feel at the end of the story? A) Nostalgic. B) Ashamed. C) Satisfied. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashamed. 39. Please identify the story: "her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition." A) "Eveline". B) "Clay". C) "A Little Cloud". D) "The Boarding House". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Eveline". 40. With whom is the concept of "claritas" associated? A) Thomas Aquinas. B) Augusta Gregory. C) Ezra Pound. D) Charles Parnell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Aquinas. 41. Who would they all wait for to be called? A) The narrator's sister. B) Mangan. C) Mangan's mom. D) Mangan's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mangan. 42. When did Joyce publish Dubliners? A) 1914. B) 1922. C) 1918. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1914. 43. In the early years of the 20th century (1914), what collection of short stories was "Araby" found within? A) Daingean. B) Nine Stories. C) Dubliners. D) The Daly's Cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dubliners. 44. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is the importance of music? A) It ties in with Stephen's appreciation of language. B) It reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest. C) It provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace. D) All of the Above. 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