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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Eveline remembers that one day long ago she and her family had taken a picnic where?
(a) The wharf in Dublin.
(b) The moors.
(c) The Hill of Howth.
(d) The seaside.

3. What is the name of the American in "After the Race"?
(a) Smith.
(b) Routh.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Farley.

4. The narrator of "An Encounter" shouts which name to get his companion's attention so that they can run away from the old man?
(a) O'Donnell.
(b) Murphy.
(c) Sean.
(d) Frankie.

5. What did the narrator of "Araby" once find under the bushes in the garden?
(a) Old magazines.
(b) A bicycle pump.
(c) A baseball.
(d) A golf ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. The old man in "An Encounter" says that young boys can't read some of the works by which author?

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

3. The first paragraph of "Eveline" mentions the smell of which object?

4. What game do the men play at the end of "After the Race"?

5. What song is the harpist playing in "Two Gallants"?

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