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Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake ?
A. it prevents exploration of the unconscious
B. it obscures the characters’ immediate thoughts
C. it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language
D. it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate
In what way(s) did the events of the Easter Rising affect the work of writers ?
A. it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices
B. it led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature
C. it inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity
D. All of the Above
In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ?
A. it represents the desire to flee Ireland
B. it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities
C. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work
D. All of the Above
Please identify the text from which “then must any what you like in the power of empthoo” comes ?
A. “Araby”
B. “The Dead”
C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
D. Finnegans Wake
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
Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ?
A. the invented words
B. the free dream associations
C. the sketchy, episodic structure
D. All of the Above
In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel ?
A. it does not explore a character’s internal development
B. it uses experimental language
C. it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life
D. it follows a traditional narrative structure
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
Which author(s) are associated with Modernism ?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. T.E. Hulme
C. Ezra Pound
D. All of the Above
In A Portrait of the Artist, the main character is named after which mythical figure ?
A. Aeneas
B. Icarus
C. Daedalus
D. Minos
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