Que- In which location(s) did Joyce live while in exile ?
a. Trieste
b. Paris
c. Zurich
d. All of the Above
Answer- All of the Above
Que- In what year did Ireland acquire national independence ?
a. 1847
b. 1893
c. 1906
d. 1922
Answer- 1922
Que- How do most critics believe Joyce's exile affected his use of language ?
a. After his exile, he only used one "voice" in his works
b. After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language
c. After his exile, he never used split narratives
d. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works
Answer- After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works
Que- By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced ?
a. Thomas Aquinas
b. William Bradshaw
c. John Foxe
d. William Tyndale
Answer- Thomas Aquinas
Que- 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
Answer- All of the Above
Que- In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently ?
a. acatalectic
b. chiasmus
c. fantasy
d. pentameter
Answer- chiasmus
Que- 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
Answer- All of the Above
Que- 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
Answer- it counters the sense of unrequited love
Que- With whom is the concept of "claritas" associated ?
a. Thomas Aquinas
b. Augusta Gregory
c. Charles Parnell
d. Ezra Pound
Answer- Thomas Aquinas
Que- 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
Answer- All of the Above
Que- 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
Answer- the metaphor of Ireland as a woman
Que- 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
Answer- the desire to break with established forms
Que- 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
Answer- All of the Above
Que- To whom was Joyce married ?
a. Nora Barnacle
b. Sylvia Beach
c. Molly Bloom
d. Augusta Gregory
Answer- Nora Barnacle
Que- In what year did the Easter Rising occur ?
a. 1901
b. 1916
c. 1922
d. 1934
Answer- 1916
Que- 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
Answer- All of the Above
Que- For Joyce, what are epiphanies ?
a. short prose sketches that vary in character
b. dream-like pieces of writing
c. deep realizations linked with religious faith
d. All of the Above
Answer- All of the Above
Que- By which physical affliction was Joyce affected ?
a. autism
b. blindness
c. deafness
d. loss of limb
Answer- blindness
Que- Who was Can Grande ?
a. The poet who leads Dante on a tour of hell
b. Dante's enemy
c. Dante's patron
d. The emperor of Italy in Dante's lifetime
Answer- Dante's patron
Que- Which best describes Cicero's concept of heaven ?
a. He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.
b. Because he was pagan, he did not believe in heaven.
c. Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible.
d. He believed that heaven, hell, and earth were indistinguishable.
Answer- He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.
Que- What does "transhumanize" mean ?
a. It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven.
b. It is the ability to reunite with the body.
c. It is the ability to commit sins while in the human body.
d. It is the ability to separate from the body in order to reach hell.
Answer- It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven.
Que- In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope ?
a. Saint James
b. Saint John
c. Saint Peter
d. Saint Thomas
Answer- Saint James
Que- In The Paradiso, who does Dante meet in the sphere of the sun ?
a. Virgil
b. Thomas Aquinas
c. Judas
d. Cacciaguida
Answer- Thomas Aquinas
Que- In The Paradiso, which class of people does Dante place on the moon ?
a. Those with the most constancy of characters
b. The proud
c. The best emperors and rulers
d. The souls of those who abandoned their vows
Answer- The souls of those who abandoned their vows
Que- In The Paradiso, on what day do the events occur ?
a. Easter Sunday
b. Wednesday after Easter
c. Good Friday
d. All Saint's Day
Answer- Wednesday after Easter
Que- In The Paradiso, Dante focuses on which kind of politics ?
a. The politics of Ravenna
b. The politics of ancient Greece
c. The politics of Italian city-states
d. The politics of the Roman Empire
Answer- The politics of the Roman Empire
Que- In The Divine Comedy, what do many critics believe Beatrice allegorically represents ?
a. Natural light
b. Revelations
c. The light of grace
d. All of the above
Answer- All of the above
Que- In his Letter to Can Grande, which topic does Dante attempt to explain ?
a. His use of allegory
b. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
c. His belief in the infallibility of the popes
d. His interest in medieval cosmology
Answer- His use of allegory
Que- Dante's nine spheres of heaven are associated with which of the following religious concepts ?
a. The deadly sins
b. The steps to confession
c. The beatitudes
d. The angelic hierarchy
Answer- The angelic hierarchy
Que- According to Dr. Mazzotta, what do Dante's planets represent ?
a. The deadly sins
b. The historical religious eras
c. The liberal arts
d. The sacraments
Answer- The liberal arts
Que- In The Purgatorio, what do the steps to the Gate of Purgatory represent ?
a. The seven deadly sins
b. The seven types of sin that keep people from heaven
c. The three components of the perfect confession
d. The eight beatitudes
Answer- The three components of the perfect confession
Que- Which of the following is a common element of vision literature ?
a. The themes usually involve life after death
b. A character's body is separated from his soul
c. A guide leads the narrator on a spiritual journey
d. All of the above
Answer- All of the above
Que- Which character does Dante meet at the end of his journey through purgatory ?
a. Cato
b. Beatrice
c. Virgil
d. Homer
Answer- Beatrice
Que- What is purgatory ?
a. A place for cleansing and purification
b. The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell
c. The setting for the middle portion of Dante's The Divine Comedy
d. All of the above
Answer- All of the above
Que- The quote "take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide" comes from which text ?
a. Vita Nuova
b. The Convivio
c. De Vulgari Eloquentia
d. The Divine Comedy
Answer- The Divine Comedy
Que- In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance ?
a. Pope Boniface
b. Pope Clement
c. Saint Stephen
d. John the Baptist
Answer- John the Baptist
Que- In The Purgatorio, where does Dante physically set purgatory ?
a. In the southern hemisphere
b. In the northern hemisphere
c. In Florence
d. In Rome
Answer- In the southern hemisphere
Que- In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem ?
a. Sonnet
b. Aubade
c. Ode
d. Elegy
Answer- Aubade
Que- In The Purgatorio, how does Dante depict the punishment of the proud penitents ?
a. They are punished with whips and bridles.
b. They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.
c. They have their eyes sewn shut with wire.
d. They must walk through thick smoke.
Answer- They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.
Que- According to most scholars, what does the chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize ?
a. The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history
b. The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
c. The impossibility for sinners to repent
d. The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time
Answer- The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
Que- According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the phrase "the little bark" mean ?
a. It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.
b. It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.
c. It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.
d. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.
Answer- It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.
Que- According to Dante, which is necessary in order to make a perfect confession ?
a. The secret confession of sins
b. A lack of remorse
c. The inability to reject one's old life
d. A sense of gratitude for God's mercy
Answer- A sense of gratitude for God's mercy
Que- In The Inferno, who initially leads him around hell ?
a. Saint Augustine
b. Virgil
c. Homer
d. Judas
Answer- Virgil
Que- What is terza rima ?
a. A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes
b. A form of blank verse
c. A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme
d. A poetic form with five-line stanzas
Answer- A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme
Que- What is contrapasso ?
a. The idea that the punishment fits the crime
b. The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova
c. The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy
d. The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy
Answer- The idea that the punishment fits the crime
Que- The phrase "where the sun is silent" is an example of which poetic device ?
a. Allegory
b. Metonymy
c. Synesthesia
d. Simile
Answer- Synesthesia
Que- In The Inferno, who defends the city of Dis ?
a. The sinners in the heretic circle
b. The furies
c. The fallen angels
d. The angelic messengers
Answer- The fallen angels
Que- In The Inferno, which historical character is found in Satan's mouth ?
a. Dido
b. Pope Boniface
c. Beatrice
d. Judas
Answer- Judas
Que- In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent ?
a. Reason
b. Compassion
c. Temperance
d. Fortitude
Answer- Reason
Que- In The Inferno, how is heresy defined ?
a. As the denial of the soul's immortality
b. As the rejection free will
c. As the choiceof lust over love
d. As the decision to indulge in various sins
Answer- As the denial of the soul's immortality