Dubliners Study Guide

1. The boy narrator of "The Sisters" has befriended a

• Frenchman
• nun
• priest
• stray dog

2. Father Flynn, before his death, suffered from

• both paralysis and madness
• paralysis
• madness
• the gout

3. Father Flynn's siblings say that his problems started when he

• broke the sacred chalice
• became a priest
• became a follower of Charles Parnell
• had an affair with a married woman

4. In "An Encounter," Joe Dillon introduces the boys to

• sex
• Buddhism
• the Wild West
• necrophilia

5. The boy narrator of "An Encounter" could best be described as

• intelligent and gentle
• intelligent and malicious
• dumb and gentle
• dumb and malicious

6. In "Araby," the theme of the bazaar is

• America
• the exotic Islamic world
• China
• France

7. The ending line of "Araby" is full of

• disappointment and self-contempt
• joy and hope
• love of mankind
• Christian grace

8. The title character of "Eveline" is

• a French prostitute
• a nineteen-year-old girl
• a drag queen
• a ship

9. At the end of "Eveline," Eveline

• leaves for France
• cannot leave Ireland
• is beaten by tourists
• sinks

10. The title of "After the Race" refers not only to the automobile race but to

• the great train race
• the race for Empire
• the death of the Irish race
• the beginnings of anthropology