By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced ?

A. Thomas aquinas
B. William bradshaw
C. John foxe
D. William tyndale

In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently ?

A. Acatalectic
B. Chiasmus
C. Fantasy
D. Pentameter

In The Dubliners, which negative characteristic(s) does Joyce associate with Dublin as a place ?

A. Commonness
B. Boredom
C. Backwardness
D. All of the above

According to critics, what is the function of The Dubliners’ third person narration ?

A. It counters the sense of unrequited love
B. It is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration
C. It makes the stories seem more impersonal
D. It breaks through the sense of paralysis

In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ?

A. It is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
B. It reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
C. It reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from ireland
D. All of the above

With whom is the concept of “claritas” associated ?

A. Thomas aquinas
B. Augusta gregory
C. Charles parnell
D. Ezra pound

Who was Charles Parnell ?

A. A popular symbol of irish nationalism
B. An irish representative in the british parliament
C. The founder of the catholic land league
D. All of the above

Which was a common metaphor used by Irish writers in their depictions of the nation ?

A. The metaphor of ireland as a novel
B. The metaphor of ireland as a woman
C. The metaphor of ireland as a child
D. The metaphor of ireland as a soldier

Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism ?

A. The spread of freud’s theories
B. The increased pace of everyday life
C. The controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality
D. All of the above

Which of the following characterizes Modernism ?

A. The desire to show realistic forms
B. The use of traditional formal structure
C. The lack of interest in characters’ psyches
D. The desire to break with established forms