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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "After the Race".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of "An Encounter" mentions that he prefers which genre of literature to the Wild West stories?
(a) Poetry.
(b) American detective stories.
(c) Stories of battles at sea.
(d) Pulp fiction.

2. What is the name of the American in "After the Race"?
(a) Routh.
(b) Farley.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Smith.

3. What is the name of the dead man in "The Sisters"?
(a) Old Cotter.
(b) Father Flynn.
(c) Jack.
(d) Araby.

4. According to "After the Race," where do Segouin and Doyle meet each other?
(a) The wharf.
(b) Rome.
(c) Dublin University.
(d) Cambridge.

5. What is the name of the shop that the narrator visits in "The Sisters"?
(a) Fabric and Notions.
(b) Cotter's Bakery.
(c) The Hatchery.
(d) Drapery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had previously rented a room in the house of the narrator of "Araby"?

2. What gift did the narrator's aunt used to give the dead man in "The Sisters"?

3. In "The Sisters," Eliza speculates that which object brought about the dead man's demise?

4. What coin does the narrator of "Araby" carry with him on his evening out?

5. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?

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