A. Homer’s The Iliad
B. Homer’s The Odyssey
C. Virgil’s The Aeneid
D. Sophocles’s Antigone
Related Mcqs:
- In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?
A. puns
B. parodies
C. unconventional syntax
D. All of the Above - Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce’s Ulysses ?
A. The Bible
B. Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey
C. Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus”
D. All of the Above - To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” ?
A. Coleridge
B. Dorothy Wordsworth
C. The Wedding Guest
D. Life-in-Death - Joyce’s novel ’Ulysses’ takes place over what period of time ?
A. A week
B. 24 hours
C. A lifetime
D. 6 months - 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 - The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Who write the story “Story Teller” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Grey
D. Saki - In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond ?
A. Odysseus
B. Telemachus
C. Nestor
D. Nausicaa - What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ?
A. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it
B. it was banned for obscenity
C. it was considered too conventional for publication
D. it was praised by the government and churches - Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
A. religious identity
B. national identity
C. married relationships
D. All of the Above
