In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In The Dubliners, which negative characteristic(s) does Joyce associate with Dublin as a place ?

   A. commonness
   B. boredom
   C. backwardness
   D. All of the Above

2. Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ?

   A. the positive side of war with Germany
   B. the supremacy of Britain
   C. Irish nationalism
   D. the Irish nation’s inability to survive without England’s help

3. In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?

   A. they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life
   B. they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration
   C. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance
   D. All of the Above

4. In The Dubliners, which literary style is used ?

   A. realism
   B. impressionism
   C. fantasy
   D. gothic

5. With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime ?

   A. Arthur Symons
   B. Harriet Weaver
   C. W.B. Yeats
   D. All of the Above

6. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

7. To what does the title of Joyce’s short story “After the Race” refer ?

   A. the race for more modes of transportation
   B. the decline of the Irish race
   C. the race to establish an empire
   D. the race for Ireland’s welfare

8. In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?

   A. puns
   B. parodies
   C. unconventional syntax
   D. All of the Above

9. In what context does Joyce use the term “amor matris,” or motherly love ?

   A. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships
   B. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death
   C. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art
   D. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity

10. In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ?

    A. he refers to the mythical Daedalus
    B. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus
    C. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult
    D. he refers to the Oedipal myth