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Which country's court cleared Ulysses for sale in 1933?
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Which state ruled Trieste when Joyce moved there?
Answer: Austria-Hungary
Why: Trieste was the Habsburg empire's chief seaport and became part of Italy only after World War I.
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What is Leopold Bloom's job?
Answer: Ad salesman
Why: Bloom sells advertising space for the Freeman's Journal, a Dublin daily, rather than writing for it.
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Which horse wins the Gold Cup race in Ulysses?
Answer: Throwaway
Why: Bloom unintentionally tips off Lyons when saying he was about to throw away his newspaper.
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What did Joyce drop from the ballad's title for Finnegans Wake?
Answer: An apostrophe
Why: Without it the title stops being one man's wake: Joyce meant both Finnegan's death and all Finnegans rising again.
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Which color is the cover of the 1922 Ulysses?
Answer: Blue
Why: The shade was chosen to match the blue of the Greek flag, with the lettering printed in white.
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What nickname does Buck Mulligan give Stephen?
Answer: Kinch
Why: Mulligan coins the nickname to mimic the cutting sound of a knife blade.
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