Drew McGregor 

James Joyce’s Dublin – quiz

He lived on the continent for much of his adult life, but Dublin was the intricately detailed and richly realised setting for James Joyce's novels. Celebrate Bloomsday by finding out how well you know his city
  
  


  1. What is the venue for the Morkan sisters Epiphany party on January 6th 1904 in The Dead?

    1. 13 Liffey Street

    2. 15 Usher's Island

    3. Mrs Mooney's boarding house

    4. Corless's bar

  2. Who directed the film version of the Dubliners story The Dead?

    1. John Huston

    2. Terrence Malick

    3. Terence Davies

    4. The Farrelly Brothers

  3. Where in Dublin did Joyce first catch sight of his future wife Nora Barnacle, then working as a chambermaid?

    1. O'Connell Bridge

    2. Ha’penny Bridge

    3. Nassau Street

    4. The Forty Foot

  4. According to the first sentence of Finnegans Wake, where does: “Riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay” bring us back to?

    1. Laurens County

    2. Hoodie Head

    3. Howth Castle and Environs

    4. Toper's Thorp

  5. Which of these is a genuine quote from Joyce about the city of his birth?

    1. "Home sweet home."

    2. “The place is a dreadful, rotten sink, but it is my dreadful, rotten sink.”

    3. “Home is a failed idea, and nowhere is this more apparent than by the Liffey.”

    4. “If I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world.”

  6. Ulysses and TS Eliot’s The Waste Land were both published in the same year. Which one?

    1. 1921

    2. 1922

    3. 1923

    4. 1924

  7. In which story in Dubliners does Lenehan eat "a plate of grocer's hot peas, seasoned with pepper and vinegar, and ginger beer"?

    1. The Sisters

    2. Two Gallants

    3. A Little Cloud

    4. The Boarding House

  8. Which character in Dubliners fails to get the boat to Buenos Aires?

    1. Farrington

    2. Gabriel Conroy

    3. Jimmy Doyle

    4. Eveline

  9. What is the address of Leopold and Molly Bloom's house in Ulysses?

    1. 7 Eccles Street

    2. 5 Upper Liffey Street

    3. 35 North Great George's Street

    4. 2 Earl Street North

  10. In which episode of Ulysses does Leopold Bloom go into the Ormond Hotel for lunch and stay on to hear Ben Dollard sing betrayal ballad The Croppy Boy?

    1. Calypso

    2. Lotus Eaters

    3. The Sirens

    4. Nausicaa

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:C, 4:C, 5:D, 6:B, 7:B, 8:D, 9:A, 10:C

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Oh dear, time to go back to the books...

  2. 5 and above.

    If you ever visit Dublin, make sure to bring the collected works to illuminate your way

  3. 10 and above.

    Rejoyce! Your odyssey has been successful
 

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