From whom does Stephen borrow his idea of clarity ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In order to become an artist, what does Stephen Dedalus sacrifice from his life ?

   A. his chance for isolation
   B. his relationship with his family and friends
   C. his individual consciousness
   D. his ability to flee Ireland

2. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

3. How does Joyce parallel Leopold and Stephen ?

   A. both are mature
   B. both tend to be cheerful
   C. both are artists
   D. both dislike music

4. In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond ?

   A. Odysseus
   B. Telemachus
   C. Nestor
   D. Nausicaa

5. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Irish nationality ?

   A. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
   B. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders
   C. he is committed to staying in Ireland
   D. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

6. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Catholic faith ?

   A. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel
   B. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith
   C. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral
   D. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

7. From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems” ?

   A. Theodor W. Adorno
   B. Claude Lévi-Strauss
   C. Julia Kristeva
   D. Jacques Derrida

8. From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems” ?

   A. Theodor W. Adorno
   B. Claude Lévi-Strauss
   C. Julia Kristeva
   D. Jacques Derrida

9. In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance ?

   A. Pope Boniface
   B. Pope Clement
   C. Saint Stephen
   D. John the Baptist

10. What are the three parts of Stephen’s espoused aesthetic theory ?

    A. perception, clarity, and wholeness
    B. kinesis, clarity, and perception
    C. clarity, wholeness, and kinesis
    D. wholeness, harmony, and clarity