A. the snow represents Ireland’s inability to become independent
B. the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death
C. the snow represents the promise of love
D. the snow represents the characters’ ability to escape Ireland
Related Mcqs:
- In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ?
A. it represents the desire to flee Ireland
B. it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities
C. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work
D. All of the Above - Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living. - But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. This victim is killed because of_____________?
A. A letter
B. His clouded eye
C. His pact with the devil
D. His loud heart beat - According to critics, what is the function of The Dubliners’ third person narration ?
A. it counters the sense of unrequited love
B. it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration
C. it makes the stories seem more impersonal
D. it breaks through the sense of paralysis - In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ?
A. it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
B. it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
C. it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland
D. All of the Above - How do most critics believe Joyce’s exile affected his use of language ?
A. After his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works
B. After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language
C. After his exile, he never used split narratives
D. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works - According to most critics, what does the circular structure of Finnegans Wake represent ?
A. the impossibility of resurrection
B. the unconscious
C. unrequited love
D. the patterns of birth, life, and death - Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake ?
A. it prevents exploration of the unconscious
B. it obscures the characters’ immediate thoughts
C. it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language
D. it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate - What is the significance of the words “moocow” and “tuckoo,” according to most critics ?
A. it represents Joyce’s decision not to use stream of consciousness
B. it emulates an adult’s intellectual process
C. it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child
D. it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language - What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father ?
A. she is a source of secret, repressed desire
B. she represents the functional family structure
C. she is an example of piety
D. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references
