James Joyce

A. the Book of the Dead
B. the Bible
C. Vico’s La Scienza Nuova
D. All of the Above

A. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist
B. while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work
C. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer
D. while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

A. the impossibility of resurrection
B. the unconscious
C. unrequited love
D. the patterns of birth, life, and death

A. the characters’ preference for reality over dreams
B. the inability to distinguish between the “self” and “other”
C. the inability to experience guilt
D. the disconnection from primal senses and urges

A. The Bible
B. Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey
C. Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus”
D. All of the Above

A. Leopold Bloom
B. Little Chandler
C. Joe Donnelly
D. Stephen Dedalus

A. Molly Bloom
B. Mrs. Mooney
C. Mrs. Sinico
D. Gerty MacDowell

A. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause
B. he hopes to join the IRB
C. he is disinterested in nationalism
D. he is opposed to the nationalist cause

A. it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners
B. it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners
C. it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses
D. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake

A. Odysseus
B. Telemachus
C. Nestor
D. Nausicaa