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B.A. Part Iii: Prepared By-Sourav Nag

This document provides a list of 18 questions about the novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce. The questions probe various details about characters, events, symbols and themes in the novel. It also asks the reader to analyze whether the novel can be considered a bildungsroman genre and to identify what Roche called the Friday pudding and why.

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B.A. Part Iii: Prepared By-Sourav Nag

This document provides a list of 18 questions about the novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce. The questions probe various details about characters, events, symbols and themes in the novel. It also asks the reader to analyze whether the novel can be considered a bildungsroman genre and to identify what Roche called the Friday pudding and why.

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B.A.

PART III

Practice set- 28 [A Portrait of the artist as a young Man]


Prepared by- Sourav Nag
A. Answer all the following questions

1. How did Stephen describe kinesis? 2. “Pull out his eyes/Apologise”- Who used to sing this song? 3. “Heavenly
God! cried Stephen`s soul, in an outburst of profane joy”- Refer to the context and explain the reason of Stephen`s
profane joy? 4. What is Tullabag? In which context is it referred to? 5. Describe the dream vision of Stephen
regarding his home return. 6. “You are Mc Glade`s suck”-what does ‘suck’ mean? 7. Why did Stephen like
Newman? 8. Explain ‘Tower of ivory’ and ‘House of Gold.’ 9. Who was Marryat? Who mentioned him and why?
10. Who was St. Xavier? What is retreat? 11. What is the mythical significance of the name Dedalus? Was Stephen
a namesake? 12. Who was Eileen? What did Stephen think of her? 13. Why did the prefect of studies punish
Stephen? How did Stephen protest against it? 14. Quote the epigraph to the novel and justify it. 15. Write in the
same way as Stephen wrote on the flyleaf of his Geography book the names of places. What does Stephen`s poor
eye sight symbolize? 16. Summarise the imaginary letter Stephen wrote to his mother. 17. “Really, Simon, said
Mrs. Dedalus, you should not speak that way before Stephen”-who is the speaker? Refer to the context of the
remark. 18. In which chapel did Stephen confess? Comment on his reaction after the confession.
B. Do you think that A Portrait of the artist as a young Man is a bildungsroman? Support your opinion with relevant
textual evidence. What did Roche call the Friday pudding and why?

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