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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had previously rented a room in the house of the narrator of "Araby"?
(a) A factory worker.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A priest.
(d) A university student.

2. What is the name of the boy from "An Encounter" who plans to go on the adventure but does not end up meeting the other boys?
(a) Mahony.
(b) Billy Gardiner.
(c) Leo Dillon.
(d) Flynn.

3. What do the mourners have to drink after viewing the corpse in "The Sisters"?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Brandy.

4. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Post Office Directory.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Oxford English Dictionary.

5. In "Araby," who visits the narrator's house for tea?
(a) Miss Mangan.
(b) The priest.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Mrs. Mercer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?

2. What did the narrator of "Araby" once find under the bushes in the garden?

3. In "An Encounter", what do the two boys eat for lunch?

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

5. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?

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