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Ulysses
James Joyce
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Episode One: “Telemachus”
Episode Two: “Nestor”
Episode Three: “Proteus”
Episode Four: “Calypso”
Episode Five: “The Lotus Eaters”
Episode Six: “Hades”
Episode Seven: “Aeolus”
Episode Eight: “Lestrygonians”
Episode Nine: “Scylla and Charybdis”
Episode Ten: “The Wandering Rocks”
Episode Eleven: “Sirens”
Episode Twelve: “Cyclops”
Episode Thirteen: “Nausicaa”
Episode Fourteen: “Oxen of the Sun”
Episode Fifteen: “Circe”
Episode Sixteen: “Eumaeus”
Episode Seventeen: “Ithaca”
Episode Eighteen: “Penelope”
Characters
Character List
Leopold Bloom
Molly Bloom
Stephen Dedalus
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Episode One: "Telemachus"
Episode Two: "Nestor"
Episode Three: "Proteus"
Episode Four: "Calypso"
Episode Five: "The Lotus Eaters"
Episode Six: "Hades"
Episode Seven: "Aeolus"
Episode Eight: "Lestrygonians"
Episode Nine: "Scylla and Charybdis"
Episode Ten: "The Wandering Rocks"
Episode Eleven: "Sirens"
Episode Twelve: "Cyclops"
Episode Thirteen: "Nausicaa"
Episode Fourteen: "Oxen of the Sun"
Episode Fifteen: "Circe"
Episode Sixteen: "Eumaeus"
Episode Seventeen: "Ithaca"
Episode Eighteen: "Penelope"
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further Study
Episode Three: "Proteus" Quiz
Further Study
Episode Three: "Proteus" Quiz
1
of 5
When Stephen notices Mrs. Florence MacCabe and another woman, what does he imagine one of them has in her bag?
A talking bird
A miscarried fetus
A wooden foot
A dog's head
2
of 5
Stephen's father is disgusted with his sister Sara's ___.
Husband
Cooking
Children
Housekeeping
3
of 5
Stephen's disgust for his family brings which writer to his mind?
W.B Yeats
Oscar Wilde
George Bernard Shaw
Jonathan Swift
4
of 5
While Stephen is sitting on a rock by the beach, he sees the carcass of a ___.
Dog
Whale
Homeless man
Horse
5
of 5
The night before the novel, Stephen dreamed that a man holding a ___ was leading Stephen on a red carpet.
Wine bottle
Mask
Melon
Scepter
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