A. his father’s alcoholism
B. poverty
C. lack of stable work
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- For Joyce, what are epiphanies ?
A. short prose sketches that vary in character
B. dream-like pieces of writing
C. deep realizations linked with religious faith
D. All of the Above - To whom was Joyce married ?
A. Nora Barnacle
B. Sylvia Beach
C. Molly Bloom
D. Augusta Gregory - By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced ?
A. Thomas Aquinas
B. William Bradshaw
C. John Foxe
D. William Tyndale - 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 - In “Two Gallants,” Joyce’s major critical commentary is__________________?
A. that women are more at fault than men
B. that individuals are too passive
C. that people work too hard for change
D. that Catholicism is not to blame for problems - 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 - 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 - 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 - In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story ?
A. Homer’s The Iliad
B. Homer’s The Odyssey
C. Virgil’s The Aeneid
D. Sophocles’s Antigone - 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
