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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all Joe's children wearing?

2. What does Mr. Duffy always carry while he walks?

3. When "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" introduces Mr. O'Connor, what is he doing?

4. What does the man in the cycling suit in "Grace" give the injured man to revive him?

5. What does Mrs. Kernan make for her husband in order to nurse him back to health?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gallaher's lifestyle.

2. Describe the game that Maria plays with Joe's family and the neighbor girls.

3. What scheme does Mr. Henchy devise for opening the beer bottles?

4. What happens to ruin the relationship between Mr. Duffy and Mrs. Sinico?

5. What injury does Mr. Kernan sustain in "Grace"?

6. What does the group of men in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" meet to discuss?

7. How does Farrington spend his evening?

8. Describe Mr. Holohan's work ethic in comparison to Mrs. Kearney's work ethic.

9. How do the men in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" react to Mr. Hynes's poem?

10. What happens when Farrington returns to his desk after the first time in the story Mr. Alleyne reprimands him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Dubliners, Joyce presents a scathing condemnation of the society of his beloved Dublin. Explain the deterioration that he depicts. How does Joyce effectively convey his message? Describe his choice of the short story genre, his use of symbolism and theme, and his character development.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Father Flynn's faith in "The Sisters" with that of Father Purdon in "Grace." Given Father Purdon's sermon regarding keeping account books with God, how would he have responded if he had committed Father Flynn's fateful sin of dropping the chalice?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Mooney of "The Boarding House" has achieved financial independence through her business endeavors. What have her entrepreneurial dealings cost her in terms of respectability and social standing? Why does Mr. Doran believe that he will be marrying down if he marries Polly, even though Polly's family has a fair amount of wealth?

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