Dubliners Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Dubliners Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Araby".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What coin does the narrator of "Araby" carry with him on his evening out?
(a) A shilling.
(b) A sixpence.
(c) A pound.
(d) A florin.

2. In "The Sisters," Eliza speculates that which object brought about the dead man's demise?
(a) A lost rosary.
(b) A tree that was struck by lightning.
(c) A broken chalice.
(d) The flask that a friend had given him.

3. The old man in "An Encounter" says that young boys can't read some of the works by which author?
(a) Lord Lytton.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?
(a) Rubella.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Whooping cough.

5. In "The Sisters" what is tied to the door knocker of the shop?
(a) A crape bouquet.
(b) Two chrysanthemums.
(c) A "closed" sign.
(d) A rosary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Araby," who visits the narrator's house for tea?

2. In "The Sisters," who helped the dead man's sisters deal with the funeral arrangements?

3. The narrator of "An Encounter" mentions that he prefers which genre of literature to the Wild West stories?

4. What do the mourners have to drink after viewing the corpse in "The Sisters"?

5. In "An Encounter," the narrator's shoes are made of which material?

(see the answer key)

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