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    Joyce, James

    In the story 'Araby', what exactly is Araby?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      An Arabian bazaar. As part of a promise to a girl, the narrator goes to the bazaar late one evening, only to find that it is near closing time and his money is not nearly sufficient.

    Whose death is eulogized in 'Ivy Day in the Committee Room'?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      Charles Stuart Parnell. Parnell was an Irish political leader of the late 19th century. Joyce felt the people of Ireland betrayed him by forcing him to resign after being named a claimant in Kitty O'Shea's divorce.

    What type of race has just occurred in 'After the Race'?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      Auto race. Doyle is a rider in the 2nd place French car, who gambles away his money and his future during a celebration afterwards.

    Who is Michael Furey?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      A young man who died of pneumonia. We learn about him near the climax of 'The Dead', the last story in the collection. Gabriel Conroy's wife feels Furey may have died for her long ago, and it raises a barrier between them that he cannot overcome.

    Which object does Maria first pick from a bowl in a fortunetelling game?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      Clay. The story is titled 'Clay', but telling you that would have been too easy. The clay traditionally represents death, and Maria was herself choosing the death of her genes by remaining a spinster.

    Who 'dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat'?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      Mrs. Mooney from 'The Boarding House'. A classic line. Mrs. Mooney decided who her daughter was going to marry and when she wanted her to do it, so the only question remaining was how to set it all up.

    What relation are Miss Kate and Miss Julia to Gabriel Conroy in 'The Dead'?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      His aunts. The two aunts, music teachers both, host the annual Christmas party at which the story opens.

    Where is Eveline expecting to run off to with Frank in 'Eveline'?James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

      Argentina. In the end, she is not quite able to leave the family she cares for and remains paralyzed on the docks, unwilling to take the final steps towards Frank.

    While James Joyce was in Italy writing "Ulysses", he wrote a prose poem. This prose poem's title second word was 'Joyce' and the first word was the Italian form of his first name. What was that name?Mondo James Joyce

      Giacomo. This prose poem was supposedly written about a young girl Joyce had an affair with, Signora Popper.

    Who was the first and original publisher of James Joyce's "Ulysses"?Mondo James Joyce

      Shakespeare and Co.. The owner of this bookstore was Sylvia Beach.

    What are the common names of the twin sons in "Finnegans Wake"?Mondo James Joyce

      Shem and Shaun. Shem being the rowdy and rebellious son, and Shaun being the goody-good son.

    In "Ulysses", what was Buck Mulligan's nickname for Stephen?Mondo James Joyce

      Kinch. Kinch being the sound made by a knife.

    Name the place where James Joyce's wife Nora Barnacle hailed from?Mondo James Joyce

      Galway. Throughout their life together, Nora rarely read anything that Joyce wrote, which Joyce himself found unbearable.

    In the "Anna Livia Plurabelle" section of "Finnegan's Wake" what is the text filled with?Mondo James Joyce

      names of rivers. Anna Livia Plurabelle is named after the river Liffey in Dublin.

    What is Stephen Dedalus' motto in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?Mondo James Joyce

      silence, exile and cunning.

    At the beginning of "Ulysses", who does Stephen feel Buck Mulligan insulted?Mondo James Joyce

      Stephen himself. Stephen thought Buck's comment of "O, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead" was insulting to Stephen himself.

    Who is the main person in "Ulysses" that Molly Bloom has an affair with?Mondo James Joyce

      Blazes Boylan. Blazes Boylan has a song that he wrote that Bloom hums and sings throughout the novel. A few lines being "those girls, those girls, those lovely seaside girls" and "your head it simply swurls".

    In "Ulysses", who does Stephen have a theory on?Mondo James Joyce

      Shakespeare. The theory being that Shakespeare was both Hamlet's father and Hamlet himself.

    In "Ulysses", what is the name of Buck Mulligan's friend who stays with Buck and Stephen at the beginning of the novel?Mondo James Joyce

      Haines.

    Which book by Giambattista Vico does "Finnegans Wake" get its structure style from? Mondo James Joyce

      Scienza Nuova.

    What were the two collections of poetry released by Joyce in his lifetime entitled?Mondo James Joyce

      "Chamber Music" and "Pomes Penyeach". "Chamber Music" being an allusion to the sound of someone going to the bathroom in that time period. "Pomes Penyeach" being literally the price of the book.

    What time span did Joyce write "Ulysses" in?Mondo James Joyce

      1914-1921. The story was originally intended as a short story but grew in scope and size.

    Which one of Joyce's two children had mental problems?Mondo James Joyce

      Lucia. Lucia was also crosseyed.

    What was the name of the tower featured in "Ulysses" which actually exists and was lived in by Joyce?Mondo James Joyce

      Martello. The event which drove Joyce out of this tower for good was when his friend Gogarty and Gogarty's English friend shot at Joyce with a gun when Joyce was trying to sleep.

    What was the title of the paper that Joyce wrote that was the starting point of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?Mondo James Joyce

      A Portrait of the Artist. The original title of the "Portrait" novel was "Stephen Hero".

    What is the title of the French version of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?Mondo James Joyce

      Dedalus. This title was chosen because it seemed more flamboyent to Joyce than the French version of the original English title.

    What ancient piece of literature did Joyce use as a structure for "Ulysses", and who is the author of that piece of literature?Mondo James Joyce

      "The Odyssey" and Homer. Joyce modeled each episode of "Ulysses" on a particular episode of "The Odyssey".

    What is the title that Joyce gave to his prose poems when he was a young man?Mondo James Joyce

      epiphanies. Joyce thought of publishing these prose poems of his in a book but thought better of it and decided to use them in his novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man".

    How many poems were there in "Chamber Music"?Mondo James Joyce

      36.

    How old would Leopold Bloom's son have been had he lived to the day that "Ulysses" takes place on, and what was his son's name?Mondo James Joyce

      11 and Rudy. The last lines of the "Circe" episode in "Ulysses" with Rudy talking and Bloom responding are very moving.

    In "Ulysses", whose funeral is it that Bloom and others go to near the beginning of the novel?Mondo James Joyce

      Paddy Dignam.

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