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

2. What does Eveline hold on to while she makes her decision to stay in Dublin?

3. Over dinner in "After the Race," Villona discusses the beauty of which type of music?

4. Eveline remembers that one day long ago she and her family had taken a picnic where?

5. In "The Sisters" what is tied to the door knocker of the shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of people lodge at Mrs. Mooney's establishment?

2. Describe what happens when Father Flynn takes snuff.

3. Describe Mrs. Mooney's business endeavors.

4. What do the young men in "After the Race" do on Farley's yacht?

5. Describe Eveline's father.

6. What incident led to the decline in Father Flynn's health?

7. What is Corley's approach to the opposite sex?

8. In "An Encounter", what adventurous plan do the boys hatch?

9. Why can't Miss Mangan go to Araby?

10. In "An Encounter", describe the boys' experience with the children they encounter on their adventure.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the ideals of the political heroes discussed in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" with the actual behavior of the characters in the story. Who are the political heroes, and what ideals do they espouse? What are the characters in the story doing while they talk about those heroes? What is the irony that Joyce describes in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Eveline to two other female protagonists, Maria of "Clay" and Mrs. Kearney of "A Mother." Which of the latter two do you believe Eveline will be more like when she reaches middle age and beyond? Why? Do you expect her to become hardened with age like Mrs. Kearney or to soften like Maria?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Father Flynn's demise as depicted in "The Sisters." In what ways was his death related to his faith? Be sure to discuss the incident with the chalice and the later incident of his laughing in the confessional booth.

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