James Joyce’s narrative technique is known as______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. James Joyce’s narrative technique is known as______________________?

   A. stream of consciousness
   B. psycho-analysis
   C. Objective Co-relative
   D. Symbolism and Mysticism

2. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

   A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
   B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
   C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
   D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

3. Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

   A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
   B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
   C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
   D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

4. Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?

   A. Narration of a deserved punishment.
   B. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
   C. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
   D. The author’s father is often a white man.

5. James Joyce’s famous novel_____________?

   A. Roots
   B. Ulysses
   C. Tom Jones
   D. Rebecca

6. Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” ?

   A. It begins with the famous line: “Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo…”?
   B. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Joyce’s “coming of age” as an artist.
   C. It captures the conflict that Stephen Dedalus has with his Irish and Catholic heritage.
   D. All of the above

7. Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Araby” ?

   A. It begins with the famous line: “North Richmond Street being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.”
   B. It speaks of the author’s illicit relationship with a young girl.
   C. It is a dramatization of the relationship between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
   D. It is an analysis of “Exodus” from “The Holy Bible.”

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

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

9. Joyce’s novel ’Ulysses’ takes place over what period of time ?

   A. A week
   B. 24 hours
   C. A lifetime
   D. 6 months

10. Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?

    A. So the author could get paid.
    B. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
    C. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.
    D. So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.