Irish Writers and Their Literary Contributions
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Irish Writers and Their Literary Contributions

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Who founded the first Irish national theatre?

  • James Joyce
  • Sean O'Casey
  • William Butler Yeats (correct)
  • Irish Republican Brotherhood
  • What was the name of Sean O'Casey's first successful play?

  • Irish Republican Brotherhood
  • Juno and the Paycock
  • The Shadow of a Gunman (correct)
  • The Plough and the Stars
  • Where were James Joyce's major works written?

  • London
  • Dublin
  • Paris (correct)
  • New York
  • What was the major theme of Joyce's Dubliners?

    <p>The spiritual paralysis of Dublin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was The Plough and the Stars first staged in Dublin?

    <p>1926</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer had a critical relationship with the Catholic and republican vision of Irishness?

    <p>James Joyce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the collection of short stories that was Joyce's fictional debut?

    <p>Dubliners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the Irish writers lived the rest of his life in England due to nationalist riots in Dublin?

    <p>Sean O'Casey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer wrote a Modernist novel in which the young, scholar-artist emerges from restrictive religious and linguistic conventions?

    <p>James Joyce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer's works reveal hostility to British imperialism and cynicism about Irish nationalism?

    <p>Sean O'Casey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who formed the first Irish national theatre?

    <p>William Butler Yeats</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer's major works were written in exile in Zürich, Paris, and Trieste?

    <p>James Joyce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of Sean O'Casey's first successful play?

    <p>The Shadow of a Gunman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the major theme of Joyce's Ulysses?

    <p>Betrayal and loneliness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer joined the revolutionary Irish Republican Brotherhood and helped to found the Irish Citizen Army?

    <p>Sean O'Casey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Irish writer was born in the Dublin suburbs to a Roman Catholic family?

    <p>James Joyce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the Irish revolution during which Sean O'Casey's plays were set?

    <p>Irish War of Independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

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