Dubliners Quizzes

Dubliners Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed November 11, 2001

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

priest

stray dog

Frenchman

nun
2 Father Flynn, before his death, suffered from

madness

paralysis

both paralysis and madness

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

had an affair with a married woman

broke the sacred chalice

became a follower of Charles Parnell

became a priest
4 In "An Encounter," Joe Dillon introduces the boys to

sex

the Wild West

Buddhism

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

intelligent and gentle

dumb and malicious

intelligent and malicious

dumb and gentle
6 In "Araby," the theme of the bazaar is

China

the exotic Islamic world

France

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

Christian grace

disappointment and self-contempt

joy and hope

love of mankind
8 The title character of "Eveline" is

a ship

a nineteen-year-old girl

a drag queen

a French prostitute
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 death of the Irish race

the great train race

the beginnings of anthropology

the race for Empire
11 The protagonist of "After the Race," Jimmy Doyle, has a family that could best be described as

poor

philanthropic

nouveau riche

fallen aristocracy
12 Ségouin, Jimmy's charismatic friend from Cambridge, is

a social-climber and a French-Canadian

a wealthy Frenchman

a British citizen

a mystic
13 A "slavey" is

a house servant

a prostitute

a bodyguard

a laundress
14 Corley's slavey is probably making extra money as

a prostitute

a house servant

a bodyguard

a laundress
15 Lenehan characterizes his friends and lovers as

beautiful

unreliable

unclean

vital to his soul
16 In "The Boarding House," the boarding house is run by

Polly Mooney

Jack Mooney

Mr. Doran

Mrs. Mooney
17 Mr. Doran has an excellent job as a

boarding house manager

mechanic

trusted employee of a wine seller

butcher
18 At the end of "The Boarding House," Mr. Doran is cornered into

selling the boarding house

fighting Jack Mooney

leaving Dublin

marrying Polly
19 In "A Little Cloud," Chandler is also known as

Kagemusha

Little Chandler

the Big Wind

Eire Abu
20 In "A Little Cloud," Gallagher has relocated to

Rome

London

New York

Paris
21 At the end of "A Little Cloud," Chandler takes out his frustrations on

his wife

himself

Gallagher

his infant child
22 In "Counterparts," Farrington works as a

salesman

butcher

scrivener

butler
23 Farrington has a problem with

gambling

drinking

corruption

art
24 Farrington is beaten by Weathers in a contest of

wits

strength

artistic skill

drinking
25 At the end of "Counterparts," Farrington takes out his frustrations on

his wife

Mr. Alleyne

Weathers

his son

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