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1. To what does the title of Joyces short story After the Race refer ?
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A. the decline of the Irish race

B. the race for Irelands welfare

C. the race to establish an empire

D. the race for more modes of transportation

2. Which event(s) caused the Easter Rising ?
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A. the Irish desire for independence

B. All of the Above

C. an increase in Irish nationalism

D. the formation of the secret, revolutionary IRB

3. When was Edmund Spenser born ?
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A. 1569

B. 1558

C. 1542

D. 1552

4. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as______________?
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A. none of the above

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. personification

5. Which best describes Blooms attitude towards nationalism ?
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A. he is disinterested in nationalism

B. he hopes to join the IRB

C. he is opposed to the nationalist cause

D. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

6. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
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A. Vancouver

B. Ottowa

C. Montreal

D. Toronto

7. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________?
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A. personification

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. none of the above

8. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ?
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A. Stuart

B. Plantagenet

C. Tudor

D. Anjou

9. Which best describes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in terms of genre ?
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A. bildungsroman

B. pastoral

C. comedy of manners

D. satire

10. At the end of Eveline, what decision does the title character make ?
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A. she decides to quit her job

B. she decides to stay in Ireland

C. she leaves for France

D. she decides to leave her mother

11. Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ?
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A. the supremacy of Britain

B. Irish nationalism

C. the positive side of war with Germany

D. the Irish nations inability to survive without Englands help

12. Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ?
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A. the free dream associations

B. the sketchy, episodic structure

C. the invented words

D. All of the Above

13. What was strange about Emily Dickinson ?
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A. She never attempted to publish her poetry

B. She rarely left home

C. She wrote in code

D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink

14. To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender ?
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A. Boyle

B. Philip Sidney

C. Queen Elizabeth

D. Chaucer

15. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ?
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A. Samson

B. Reynaldo

C. Francisco

D. Gorgonzola

16. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece ?
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A. Solan

B. Sappho

C. Lord Byron

D. John keats

17. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England) ?
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A. Alexander Pope

B. Victor Hugo

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Milton

18. What is the word for a play on words ?
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A. simile

B. pun

C. metaphor

D. haiku

19. In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear ?
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A. All of the Above

B. repetition of words

C. stream of consciousness

D. shifts in narrative voice

20. Who wrote about the idyllic Isle of Innisfree ?
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A. Dylan Thomas

B. Ezra Pound

C. Yeats

D. E. E. cummings

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