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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "After the Race".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "After the Race," where do Segouin and Doyle meet each other?
(a) Rome.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Dublin University.
(d) The wharf.

2. How old is Eveline?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Whipping.
(b) Expulsion.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Detention.

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

5. The narrator of "An Encounter" mentions that he prefers which genre of literature to the Wild West stories?
(a) Pulp fiction.
(b) Stories of battles at sea.
(c) Poetry.
(d) American detective stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "After the Race", what subject does Segouin introduce over dinner ?

2. What time is it at the conclusion of "After the Race"?

3. The narrator of "Araby" mentions that the girl fidgets with which accessory while she talks to him?

4. In what profession does Doyle's father became wealthy?

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

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