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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 color is Mr. Doran's beard?

2. What sound is coming from the street while Eveline muses over her memories?

3. What is the odd word from Euclid that the narrator of "The Sisters" mentions?

4. What expensive gift did the girlfriend once give Corley?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Father Flynn takes snuff.

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

3. Describe Eveline's father.

4. Describe Mrs. Mooney's business endeavors.

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

6. What happens to the narrator at Araby?

7. What does Eveline do at the last moment before the ship leaves?

8. What happens to Doyle during the card game?

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

10. At the end of the story, "Two Gallants," what does the object in Corley's hand signify?

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 and contrast the actions of Eveline from "Eveline," Maria from "Clay," and Mrs. Kearney from "A Mother." Which character most closely resembles Joyce's ideal picture of femininity? Why? How does each character reflect the society of Dublin in the early 20th century?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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