Ulysses and the Odyssey
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Who is the author of the modernist novel Ulysses?

  • Declan Kiberd
  • Homer
  • Sylvia Beach
  • James Joyce (correct)

Where was the entire work of Ulysses published?

  • London
  • Dublin
  • New York
  • Paris (correct)

Which journal first serialized parts of Ulysses?

  • The New Yorker
  • The Atlantic
  • The Times
  • The Little Review (correct)

What is Ulysses often considered in the literary world?

<p>One of the most important works of modernist literature (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which character in Ulysses is parallel to Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey?

<p>Leopold Bloom (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the main themes of Ulysses?

<p>The process of thinking (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What controversy surrounded the publication of Ulysses in the United States?

<p>Obscenity trial (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which novel is regarded as one of the greatest literary works in history?

<p>Ulysses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which character did Joyce consider to be the only all-round character in literature?

<p>Odysseus/Ulysses (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which episode does the action of the novel move from one side of Dublin Bay to the other?

<p>Episode 16, Eumaeus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many books is Homer's Odyssey divided into?

<p>24 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Stuart Gilbert and Herbert Gorman release after publication to help defend Joyce from obscenity accusations and explain the work's structure?

<p>A schema (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which episode does not have chapter headings or titles?

<p>Episode 18, Penelope (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the novel's stream of consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose contribute to its reputation?

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Which book did Joyce consult when he took the idiosyncratic rendering of some of the episode titles?

<p>Les Phéniciens et l'Odyssée (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is the protagonist of Ulysses?

<p>Leopold Bloom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which character in Ulysses corresponds to Odysseus's son Telemachus?

<p>Stephen Dedalus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does Ulysses take place?

<p>Dublin (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who corresponds to Odysseus's wife Penelope in Ulysses?

<p>Molly (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the episode in which Malachi Mulligan calls Stephen Dedalus up to the roof of the Sandycove Martello tower?

<p>Telemachus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the episode in which Stephen Dedalus teaches a history class on the victories of Pyrrhus of Epirus?

<p>Nestor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is the protagonist in Episode 3, Proteus?

<p>Stephen Dedalus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the famous line from Episode 3, Proteus?

<p>&quot;history is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake&quot; (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the narrative style in Episode 3, Proteus?

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Who is the second protagonist introduced in Episode 4, Calypso?

<p>Leopold Bloom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Leopold Bloom buy from the butcher in Episode 4, Calypso?

<p>Pork kidney (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Molly Bloom having an affair with in Episode 4, Calypso?

<p>Blazes Boylan (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Bloom do while reading a magazine story in Episode 4, Calypso?

<p>Defecating in the outhouse (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What torments Bloom while he is at the post office in Episode 5, Lotus Eaters?

<p>His wife's affair with Blazes Boylan (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Bloom buy from a chemist in Episode 5, Lotus Eaters?

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