WorksheetsJames Joyce
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where and when was James Joyce born?
Dublin, 1882
Belfast, 1882
Galway, 1880
Dublin, 1883
Joyce perceived himself as...
an Irishman
a European author
a dandy
a Romantic
"Ulysses" was first published in
instalments.
chapters.
short stories.
What is the "Bloomsday"?
16th July, 1904: Joyce's birthday
16th June, 1904: the day Joyce met Nora Barnacle
A national Irish holiday
Why did Joyce set all his works in Ireland?
Because he wanted to show how beautiful Ireland was.
Because he was an Irish politician.
Because he wanted to give a realistic portrait of the life of ordinary people from a psychological, emotional and social point of view.
Because Ireland was the most important Country during the Modern Age.
How did Joyce conceive Catholicism?
He was a fervent Catholic.
He was hostile to it.
He didn't care about religion.
What was the artist's aim according to him?
The artist was useless as his/ her art.
The artist had a didactic aim.
The artist's aim was to render life in an objective way.
Why did he choose to go into voluntary exile?
Because his neighbour Leopold Bloom was too noisy.
Because he wanted to be a cosmopolitan author.
Because he was a deserter in WWI.
What is free direct speech?
A narrative technique through which a character's thoughts are shown.
A speech introduced by verbs such as "say" or "tell".
A speech you can buy for free.
In the indirect interior monologue...
The character doesn't think anything at all.
The narrator doesn't mediate the character's thoughts and doesn't maintain logical and grammatical organisation.
The narrator mediates the character's thoughts and maintains logical and grammatical organisation.
In the direct interior monologue...
The narrator does not seem to exist; the character's thoughts are expressed without mediation.
The reader is unable to understand what the author wanted to say.
The narrator introduces the character's thoughts.
Why was Joyce hostile to city life?
Because he didn't like Victorian London.
Because it degraded its citizens.
Because he preferred the countryside.
Why was Dublin the centre of paralysis ?
Because Dublin didn't have a proper railway network in the '20s.
Because Dublin was very polluted at that time, and Joyce wanted to arise people's awareness about this problem.
Because Dubliners are unable to have true feelings, to feel compassion for others and because they are cruel and selfish beneath the surface.
What is the cause of the paralysis according to Joyce?
Paralysis occurs when you're unable to make voluntary muscle movements.
There isn't a real cause.
The oppression caused by religious, political, cultural and economic elements.
Why are Dubliners unable to escape and change their condition?
Because they enjoy their lives.
Because they are stuck by their despair and they are spiritually weak.
Because they weren't wealthy enough to leave.
How does Joyce combine realism and symbolism?
By giving external objects a deeper and symbolic meaning and by using colors like brown, grey and yellow.
By representing life as Charles Dickens did.
By commissioning his portrait to Basil Hallward.
What is the "epiphany"?
It is on 6th January.
It is a "sudden spiritual manifestation" that reveals the character's inner truth.
The narrative technique used to show characters' thoughts.
What are the narrative techniques employed in "Eveline"?
An external narrator, the interior monologue and the free direct speech.
An omniscient narrator, the interior monologue and the free direct speech.
An external narrator, the interior monologue and the free indirect speech.
In Dubliners, the language is...
incomprehensible: there are many neologisms and odd words.
archaic and difficult.
simple, objective and neutral. It conforms with the characters' age, social class and role.
Why is "The Dead" considered the epilogue of the collection?
Because it is about a dead person.
Because it summarizes the themes of the other stories.
Because it deals with the topic of Life after Death.
