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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Quiz 1
1.
James Joyce was born in
nineteenth century Canada
twentieth century England
nineteenth century America
nineteenth century Ireland
2.
Joyce was an important pioneer of the narrative technique known as
dramatic montage
conditioned genesis
stream of tension
stream of consciousness
3.
The name "Dedalus" makes allusion to
the mythological figure who solved the riddle of the sphinx
the mythological figure who flew too close to the sun and drowned in the ocean
the mythological figure who devoured his own daughter to prolong his life
the mythological figure who escaped from his island prison by constructing a pair of wings
4.
James Joyce was raised in a family that was deeply
Atheistic
Protestant
Catholic
Buddhist
5.
In 1922, James Joyce published a book that some hail as the greatest masterpiece of twentieth century English literature. That book was
<i>Finnegan's Wake</i>
<i>Ulysses</i>
<i>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</i>
<i>Dubliners</i>
6.
When describing the opening of this novel, one is most likely to talk about
Catholic philosophy, naturalism, and terse sentences
Sensual imagery and stream of consciousness
Marxism and absurdism
Scholasticism, absurdism
7.
Stephen's father is
both financially inept and a painter
a financial genius
financially inept
a painter
8.
Stephen is the
only child
youngest of roughly ten children
oldest of roughly ten children
only son in a family with eleven daughters
9.
As a young boy, Stephen attends
the Jesuit school of Clongowes
Eaton
the public school of Dublin Boy's Academy
the Jesuit school of St. Crustacio
10.
As a young boy, Stephen is
athletic and confident
erudite and cocky
insensitive and rambunctious
unathletic and shy
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