James Joyce MCQs

Option A: The Dubliners

Option B: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Option C: Ulysses

Option D: Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: Finnegans Wake ✔

Option A: the invented words

Option B: the free dream associations

Option C: the sketchy, episodic structure

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: married relationships

Option B: dreams

Option C: the movement of time

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: whether the novel has a plot

Option B: whether the novel has definite characters

Option C: whether the novel has a protagonist

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: she is a source of secret, repressed desire

Option B: she represents the functional family structure

Option C: she is an example of piety

Option D: she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references

Correct Answer: she is a source of secret, repressed desire ✔

Option A: murder

Option B: slander

Option C: hypocrisy

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: he refers to the mythical Daedalus

Option B: he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus

Option C: he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult

Option D: he refers to the Oedipal myth

Correct Answer: he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult ✔

Option A: it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Option B: it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

Option C: it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths

Option D: it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

Correct Answer: it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words ✔

Option A: it represents original sin

Option B: it is linked with sexual perversions

Option C: it represents the Freudian primal scene

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: that it depends on repression

Option B: that it ends paralysis

Option C: that it enables fulfillment

Option D: that it resolves spiritual crises

Correct Answer: that it depends on repression ✔

Option A: Nausicaa

Option B: Aeolus

Option C: Penelope

Option D: Telemachus

Correct Answer: Penelope ✔

Option A: religious identity

Option B: national identity

Option C: married relationships

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Stephen Dedalus

Option B: Mr. Deasy

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Leopold Bloom

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: it was considered inferior by most authors who read it

Option B: it was banned for obscenity

Option C: it was considered too conventional for publication

Option D: it was praised by the government and churches

Correct Answer: it was banned for obscenity ✔

Option A: in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships

Option B: in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death

Option C: in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art

Option D: in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity

Correct Answer: in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art ✔

Option A: stream of consciousness

Option B: repetition of words

Option C: shifts in narrative voice

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the sequential construction of time

Option B: the lack of taboo topics

Option C: the use traditional language

Option D: the inclusion of various types of media

Correct Answer: the inclusion of various types of media ✔

Option A: Homer’s The Iliad

Option B: Homer’s The Odyssey

Option C: Virgil’s The Aeneid

Option D: Sophocles’s Antigone

Correct Answer: Homer’s The Odyssey ✔

Option A: the artist in exile

Option B: spiritual crisis

Option C: artistic awakening

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: art should not produce stasis in the viewer

Option B: art should be kinetic

Option C: art should be harmonious and proportional

Option D: art should not please the perception

Correct Answer: art should be harmonious and proportional ✔

Option A: it represents Joyce’s decision not to use stream of consciousness

Option B: it emulates an adult’s intellectual process

Option C: it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child

Option D: it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language

Correct Answer: it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child ✔

Option A: perception, clarity, and wholeness

Option B: kinesis, clarity, and perception

Option C: clarity, wholeness, and kinesis

Option D: wholeness, harmony, and clarity

Correct Answer: wholeness, harmony, and clarity ✔

Option A: his chance for isolation

Option B: his relationship with his family and friends

Option C: his individual consciousness

Option D: his ability to flee Ireland

Correct Answer: his relationship with his family and friends ✔

Option A: it ties in with Stephen’s appreciation of language

Option B: it reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest

Option C: it provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel

Option B: because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith

Option C: he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral

Option D: he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

Correct Answer: he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral ✔

Option A: it represents the desire to flee Ireland

Option B: it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities

Option C: it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: W.B. Yeats

Option C: Augusta Gregory

Option D: Ezra Pound

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever

Option B: it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth

Option C: it ends Stephen’s period of enlightenment

Option D: it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church

Correct Answer: it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth ✔

Option A: the positive representation of cultural institutions

Option B: the representation of a shallow, drab culture

Option C: the positive representation of the Catholic Church

Option D: the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind

Correct Answer: the representation of a shallow, drab culture ✔

Option A: hopeful

Option B: disappointed

Option C: joyful

Option D: satiric

Correct Answer: disappointed ✔

Option A: “The Boarding House”

Option B: “Clay”

Option C: “Eveline”

Option D: “A Little Cloud”

Correct Answer: “Eveline” ✔

Option A: the snow represents Ireland’s inability to become independent

Option B: the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death

Option C: the snow represents the promise of love

Option D: the snow represents the characters’ ability to escape Ireland

Correct Answer: the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death ✔

Option A: the piano

Option B: the Irish language

Option C: the English language

Option D: the violin

Correct Answer: the Irish language ✔

Option A: “Araby”

Option B: “The Boarding House”

Option C: “The Dead”

Option D: “An Encounter”

Correct Answer: “The Dead” ✔

Option A: a poem by Yeats

Option B: a popular Irish ballad

Option C: an ancient epic

Option D: a poem by Eliot

Correct Answer: a popular Irish ballad ✔

Option A: Wolfe Tone

Option B: Charles Stuart Parnell

Option C: Father Arnall

Option D: Daniel O’Connell

Correct Answer: Charles Stuart Parnell ✔

Option A: it prevents exploration of the unconscious

Option B: it obscures the characters’ immediate thoughts

Option C: it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language

Option D: it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate

Correct Answer: it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate ✔

Option A: allusions

Option B: jokes

Option C: portmanteaus

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the last sentence and first sentence are circular

Option B: the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it

Option C: the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end

Option D: the novel is clearly written from the future to the past

Correct Answer: the last sentence and first sentence are circular ✔

Option A: “Araby”

Option B: “The Dead”

Option C: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Option D: Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: Finnegans Wake ✔

Option A: the Book of the Dead

Option B: the Bible

Option C: Vico’s La Scienza Nuova

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist

Option B: while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work

Option C: while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer

Option D: while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

Correct Answer: while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist ✔

Option A: the impossibility of resurrection

Option B: the unconscious

Option C: unrequited love

Option D: the patterns of birth, life, and death

Correct Answer: the patterns of birth, life, and death ✔

Option A: the characters’ preference for reality over dreams

Option B: the inability to distinguish between the “self” and “other”

Option C: the inability to experience guilt

Option D: the disconnection from primal senses and urges

Correct Answer: the inability to distinguish between the “self” and “other” ✔

Option A: The Bible

Option B: Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey

Option C: Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus”

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Little Chandler

Option C: Joe Donnelly

Option D: Stephen Dedalus

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: Molly Bloom

Option B: Mrs. Mooney

Option C: Mrs. Sinico

Option D: Gerty MacDowell

Correct Answer: Molly Bloom ✔

Option A: he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

Option B: he hopes to join the IRB

Option C: he is disinterested in nationalism

Option D: he is opposed to the nationalist cause

Correct Answer: he is disinterested in nationalism ✔

Option A: it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners

Option B: it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners

Option C: it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses

Option D: it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses ✔

Option A: Odysseus

Option B: Telemachus

Option C: Nestor

Option D: Nausicaa

Correct Answer: Telemachus ✔

Option A: puns

Option B: parodies

Option C: unconventional syntax

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Mr. Deasy

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Molly Ivors

Correct Answer: Mr. Deasy ✔

Option A: a newspaper

Option B: a stream

Option C: a law

Option D: a book

Correct Answer: a stream ✔

Option A: both are mature

Option B: both tend to be cheerful

Option C: both are artists

Option D: both dislike music

Correct Answer: both are artists ✔

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Molly Bloom

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Stephen Dedalus

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: bildungsroman

Option B: comedy of manners

Option C: pastoral

Option D: satire

Correct Answer: bildungsroman ✔

Option A: a novel that traces women’s intellectual developments

Option B: an artist’s novel of awakening

Option C: an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art

Option D: a novel in which the hero solves a crime

Correct Answer: an artist’s novel of awakening ✔

Option A: it does not explore a character’s internal development

Option B: it uses experimental language

Option C: it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life

Option D: it follows a traditional narrative structure

Correct Answer: it uses experimental language ✔

Option A: vowel shift

Option B: chiasmus

Option C: acatalectic

Option D: stream of consciousness

Correct Answer: stream of consciousness ✔

Option A: he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it

Option B: he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

Option C: he is committed to staying in Ireland

Option D: he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

Correct Answer: he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it ✔

Option A: Aeneas

Option B: Icarus

Option C: Daedalus

Option D: Minos

Correct Answer: Daedalus ✔

Option A: as a friend

Option B: as a family member

Option C: as a romantic hero

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the positive side of war with Germany

Option B: the supremacy of Britain

Option C: Irish nationalism

Option D: the Irish nation’s inability to survive without England’s help

Correct Answer: Irish nationalism ✔

Option A: the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself

Option B: the image is presented is immediate relation to the artist and others

Option C: the image is presented in a way that is not purely personal

Option D: the image is presented in immediate relation to others only

Correct Answer: the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself ✔

Option A: they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life

Option B: they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration

Option C: they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the race for more modes of transportation

Option B: the decline of the Irish race

Option C: the race to establish an empire

Option D: the race for Ireland’s welfare

Correct Answer: the race to establish an empire ✔

Option A: that women are more at fault than men

Option B: that individuals are too passive

Option C: that people work too hard for change

Option D: that Catholicism is not to blame for problems

Correct Answer: that individuals are too passive ✔

Option A: a reporter

Option B: a father

Option C: a poet

Option D: a soldier

Correct Answer: a poet ✔

Option A: “The Dead”

Option B: “Eveline”

Option C: “A Painful Case”

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: realism

Option B: impressionism

Option C: fantasy

Option D: gothic

Correct Answer: realism ✔

Option A: adolescence, maturity, childhood

Option B: childhood, maturity, adolescence

Option C: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life

Option D: childhood, adolescence, maturity

Correct Answer: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life ✔

Option A: she decides to stay in Ireland

Option B: she decides to quit her job

Option C: she decides to leave her mother

Option D: she leaves for France

Correct Answer: she decides to stay in Ireland ✔

Option A: Ezra Pound

Option B: W.B. Yeats

Option C: Ernest Hemmingway

Option D: Virginia Woolf

Correct Answer: Ezra Pound ✔

Option A: Arthur Symons

Option B: Harriet Weaver

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: George Russell

Option B: J.M. Synge

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: his father’s alcoholism

Option B: poverty

Option C: lack of stable work

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: an increase in Irish nationalism

Option B: the Irish desire for independence

Option C: the formation of the secret, revolutionary IRB

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: T.S. Eliot

Option B: T.E. Hulme

Option C: Ezra Pound

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Trieste

Option B: Paris

Option C: Zurich

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: 1847

Option B: 1893

Option C: 1906

Option D: 1922

Correct Answer: 1922 ✔

Option A: After his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works

Option B: After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language

Option C: After his exile, he never used split narratives

Option D: After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

Correct Answer: After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: William Bradshaw

Option C: John Foxe

Option D: William Tyndale

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: commonness

Option B: boredom

Option C: backwardness

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: acatalectic

Option B: chiasmus

Option C: fantasy

Option D: pentameter

Correct Answer: chiasmus ✔

Option A: it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed

Option B: it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine

Option C: it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: it counters the sense of unrequited love

Option B: it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration

Option C: it makes the stories seem more impersonal

Option D: it breaks through the sense of paralysis

Correct Answer: it counters the sense of unrequited love ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: Augusta Gregory

Option C: Charles Parnell

Option D: Ezra Pound

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: a popular symbol of Irish nationalism

Option B: an Irish representative in the British Parliament

Option C: the founder of the Catholic Land League

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the metaphor of Ireland as a novel

Option B: the metaphor of Ireland as a woman

Option C: the metaphor of Ireland as a child

Option D: the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier

Correct Answer: the metaphor of Ireland as a woman ✔

Option A: the desire to show realistic forms

Option B: the use of traditional formal structure

Option C: the lack of interest in characters’ psyches

Option D: the desire to break with established forms

Correct Answer: the desire to break with established forms ✔

Option A: the spread of Freud’s theories

Option B: the increased pace of everyday life

Option C: the controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Nora Barnacle

Option B: Sylvia Beach

Option C: Molly Bloom

Option D: Augusta Gregory

Correct Answer: Nora Barnacle ✔

Option A: 1901

Option B: 1916

Option C: 1922

Option D: 1934

Correct Answer: 1916 ✔

Option A: it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices

Option B: it led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature

Option C: it inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: short prose sketches that vary in character

Option B: dream-like pieces of writing

Option C: deep realizations linked with religious faith

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: autism

Option B: blindness

Option C: deafness

Option D: loss of limb

Correct Answer: blindness ✔