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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Lecturing.
(b) Detention.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) Whipping.

2. What is the name of the boy from "An Encounter" who plans to go on the adventure but does not end up meeting the other boys?
(a) Billy Gardiner.
(b) Flynn.
(c) Leo Dillon.
(d) Mahony.

3. In "An Encounter," what do the boys decide to drink when they cannot find a dairy?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Raspberry lemonade.
(c) Ginger beer.
(d) Water.

4. In the first paragraph of "The Sisters," the narrator states that he will know if his friend is dead because he will see what in the window?
(a) Two candles.
(b) An old woman wearing black.
(c) A black curtain.
(d) A ghost.

5. As Joyce mentions in "The Boarding House," what sits on the mantelpiece?
(a) A clock.
(b) A china plate.
(c) A portrait of Mrs. Mooney's father.
(d) A pearl rosary.

6. What sound is coming from the street while Eveline muses over her memories?
(a) A backfiring car.
(b) Two drunk men brawling.
(c) A street organ.
(d) Birds singing.

7. What does Eveline hold on to while she makes her decision to stay in Dublin?
(a) The iron railing.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her handbag.
(d) Frank's hand.

8. Who had previously rented a room in the house of the narrator of "Araby"?
(a) A factory worker.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A university student.
(d) A priest.

9. What coin does the narrator of "Araby" carry with him on his evening out?
(a) A pound.
(b) A florin.
(c) A shilling.
(d) A sixpence.

10. What gift did the narrator's aunt used to give the dead man in "The Sisters"?
(a) High Toast snuff.
(b) A cigar.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cookies.

11. In "Eveline," what was the destination of Frank's first trip as a sailor?
(a) Canada.
(b) New York.
(c) Patagonia.
(d) Panama.

12. In what profession does Doyle's father became wealthy?
(a) Entrepreneur.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Baker.
(d) Butcher.

13. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Vases and tea sets.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Copper sculptures.

14. What is the odd word from Euclid that the narrator of "The Sisters" mentions?
(a) Pauperis.
(b) Perichoresis.
(c) Encephalitis.
(d) Gnomon.

15. What was Corley's father by trade?
(a) A shopkeeper.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Villona's country of origin?

2. According to "After the Race," where do Segouin and Doyle meet each other?

3. What does Lenehan eat?

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

5. What does the servant Mary make out of the leftover bread crusts in "The Boarding House"?

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