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Mondo James Joyce Trivia Quiz

Questions covering the greatest of the greatest writers in the history of literature.

A multiple-choice quiz by dorian_june. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
dorian_june

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,237

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. 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? Hint

Antonio

Garibaldi

Giacomo

Cristobal

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who was the first and original publisher of James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Hint

Dante and Co.

Shakespeare and Co.

Homer and Co.

Proust and Co.

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Question 3 of 25

3. What are the common names of the twin sons in "Finnegans Wake"? Hint

Shem and Shaun

Tim and Tom

James and John

Sye and Saul

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Question 4 of 25

4. In "Ulysses", what was Buck Mulligan's nickname for Stephen? Hint

Gash

Klink

Kinch

Swipe

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Question 5 of 25

5. Name the place where James Joyce's wife Nora Barnacle hailed from? Hint

Belfast

Kildare

Cork

Galway

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Question 6 of 25

6. In the "Anna Livia Plurabelle" section of "Finnegan's Wake" what is the text filled with? Hint

names of cities

names of races

names of mountains

names of rivers

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is Stephen Dedalus' motto in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"? Hint

muteness, exile and artistry

sullenness, exile and cunning

silence, migration and cunning

silence, exile and cunning

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Question 8 of 25

8. At the beginning of "Ulysses", who does Stephen feel Buck Mulligan insulted? Hint

Stephen himself

his mother

Bloom

Thomas Aquinas

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Question 9 of 25

9. Finish this line from "Ulysses":
The heaventree of stars hung with humid (blank) fruit. Hint

nightblue

nightviolet

daygreen

dayblue

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who is the main person in "Ulysses" that Molly Bloom has an affair with? Hint

O'Madden Burke

Simon Dedalus

Blazes Boylan

Buck Mulligan

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Question 11 of 25

11. In "Ulysses", who does Stephen have a theory on? Hint

Cervantes

Shakespeare

Dante

Goethe

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Question 12 of 25

12. In "Ulysses", what is the name of Buck Mulligan's friend who stays with Buck and Stephen at the beginning of the novel? Hint

Wilde

Haines

Willings

Heaney

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which book by Giambattista Vico does "Finnegans Wake" get its structure style from? Hint

Scienza Nuovo

Scienza Nuova

Scienzo Nuova

Scienzo Nuovo

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Question 14 of 25

14. What were the two collections of poetry released by Joyce in his lifetime entitled? Hint

"Toilet Streams" and "Pomes for a Penny"

"Maids Music" and "Poems Cheap"

"Golden Sounds" and "Poets Pound"

"Chamber Music" and "Pomes Penyeach"

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Question 15 of 25

15. What time span did Joyce write "Ulysses" in? Hint

1914-1920

1914-1921

1910-1917

1903-1919

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which one of Joyce's two children had mental problems? Hint

George

Stephen

Anna

Lucia

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Question 17 of 25

17. What was the name of the tower featured in "Ulysses" which actually exists and was lived in by Joyce? Hint

Martello

Motorro

Montana

Matowa

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Question 18 of 25

18. 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"? Hint

A Portrait

The Artist

A Portrait of the Artist

A Wading Girl

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the title of the French version of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"? Hint

A Portrait

A Portrait of the Artist

Stephen

Dedalus

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Question 20 of 25

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

"The Aeneid" and Virgil

"Oedipus the King" and Sophocles

"Metamorphoses" and Ovid

"The Odyssey" and Homer

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Question 21 of 25

21. What is the title that Joyce gave to his prose poems when he was a young man? Hint

portraits

dreams

epiphanies

visions

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Question 22 of 25

22. How many poems were there in "Chamber Music"? Hint

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Question 23 of 25

23. 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? Hint

10 and Ricky

11 and Rudy

11 and Robert

12 and Ryan

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Question 24 of 25

24. In "Ulysses", whose funeral is it that Bloom and others go to near the beginning of the novel? Hint

Patty Dignam

Paddy Dignam

Paddy Dingam

Patty Dingam

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Question 25 of 25

25. What day does "Ulysses" take place on? Hint

June 16, 1904

June 16, 1906

June 14, 1906

June 14,1904

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Giacomo

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

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

Answer: Shakespeare and Co.

The owner of this bookstore was Sylvia Beach.

3. What are the common names of the twin sons in "Finnegans Wake"?

Answer: Shem and Shaun

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

4. In "Ulysses", what was Buck Mulligan's nickname for Stephen?

Answer: Kinch

Kinch being the sound made by a knife.

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

Answer: Galway

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

6. In the "Anna Livia Plurabelle" section of "Finnegan's Wake" what is the text filled with?

Answer: names of rivers

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

7. What is Stephen Dedalus' motto in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?

Answer: silence, exile and cunning

8. At the beginning of "Ulysses", who does Stephen feel Buck Mulligan insulted?

Answer: Stephen himself

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

9. Finish this line from "Ulysses": The heaventree of stars hung with humid (blank) fruit.

Answer: nightblue

Some consider this line the most beautiful line in the book.

10. Who is the main person in "Ulysses" that Molly Bloom has an affair with?

Answer: 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".

11. In "Ulysses", who does Stephen have a theory on?

Answer: Shakespeare

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

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

Answer: Haines

13. Which book by Giambattista Vico does "Finnegans Wake" get its structure style from?

Answer: Scienza Nuova

14. What were the two collections of poetry released by Joyce in his lifetime entitled?

Answer: "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.

15. What time span did Joyce write "Ulysses" in?

Answer: 1914-1921

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

16. Which one of Joyce's two children had mental problems?

Answer: Lucia

Lucia was also crosseyed.

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

Answer: 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.

18. 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"?

Answer: A Portrait of the Artist

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

19. What is the title of the French version of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?

Answer: Dedalus

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

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

Answer: "The Odyssey" and Homer

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

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

Answer: 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".

22. How many poems were there in "Chamber Music"?

Answer: 36

23. 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?

Answer: 11 and Rudy

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

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

Answer: Paddy Dignam

25. What day does "Ulysses" take place on?

Answer: June 16, 1904

This day was chosen by Joyce because it was the date of his and Nora's first date together.

Source: Author dorian_june

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