James Joyce's 'Dubliners'

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1. Which of these stories is NOT told in the first person? 'An Encounter' 'Araby' 'A Mother' 'The Sisters'

2. In the story 'Araby', what exactly is Araby? An Arab man the narrator encounters in Dublin The land of Arabia An Arabian bazaar A young Arab girl

3. Whose death is eulogized in 'Ivy Day in the Committee Room'? General Wolfe Tone Michael Collins Charles Stuart Parnell Patrick Pearse

4. What type of race has just occurred in 'After the Race'? Horse race Auto race Swimming race Track or running race

5. Who is Michael Furey? A corrupt priest The master of a schoolhouse A famous operatic tenor A young man who died of pneumonia

6. Which object does Maria first pick from a bowl in a fortunetelling game? Water A prayer-book A ring Clay

7. Who 'dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat'? Gabriel Conroy from 'The Dead' Mrs. Mooney from 'The Boarding House' Mrs. Kearney from 'A Mother' Eveline from 'Eveline'

8. What relation are Miss Kate and Miss Julia to Gabriel Conroy in 'The Dead'? His aunts His sisters His grandmothers No relation -- just friends of the family

9. Where is Eveline expecting to run off to with Frank in 'Eveline'? America Argentina Canada Brazil

10. This story is the last in 'Dubliners' and was written several years after the others. 'The Sisters' 'A Painful Case' 'Grace' 'The Dead'