Ulysses Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Ulysses? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What does Simon give one of his destitute daughters?


Nothing
Two shillings
Five pounds
Ten jappers. What? That could totally be a form of currency in the UK. You don’t know.
Q. Who represents the Sirens?


Nurses
Prostitutes
Policewomen. They have the advantage, however, of having access to actual sirens.
Barmaids
Ballerinas
Q. What does “the citizen” talk about almost constantly?


Beer
How he wishes he had an actual name
Ireland
Money
Q. What is Stephen afraid that he caused?


Discord between Bloom and his wife
A crack of thunder
The chair that he sat upon to break. Really? Whatever gave you that idea, Stephen?
The economic depression
Q. What happens to Molly in the final episode?


She starts her period
She is killed by Bloom
She dies of a broken heart
She becomes the first character in the book to experience a brief moment of sobriety