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Dubliners: “Araby”and Loss of Innocence

MULTIPLE CHOICE (2 points each)—Please answer the following questions on your Scantron sheet.

  1. _____ Based on the description provided by James Joyce, what is “Araby?”
  2. A marketplace that features goods from Eastern cultures.
  3. A festival that introduces new cultures and customs to poor towns.
  4. A carnival that features many rides and attractions for children.
  5. A big party for single people to get together and meet new people.

2. _____ In “Araby,” the narrator explains that Mangan’s sister’s “name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.” This is:

  1. Foreshadowing: because it was the ringing of the bazaar bell that made the narrator realize his love for the sister.
  2. Hyperbolic: because his attachment was stunted by his young age.
  3. Ironic: because he never reveals her name.
  4. Both a and b

3. _____ In “Araby,” the garden in the narrator’s house is significant because:

a. It serves as an allusion to the garden of Eden

b. It foreshadows the narrator’s loss of innocence

c. The boy liked to watch the girl from the apple tree

d. Both a and b

4. _____ What is the significance of the narrator spending his day in the upper floors of his home?

  1. It revealed how he was physically separating himself from his peers
  2. It revealed how he was actively choosing to give away time from his childhood
  3. It revealed that he had no fear of attics
  4. Both a and b

5. _____*As the main character gets closer and closer to Saturday, when he will get to go to Araby, how does it impact the pace of the story?

  1. The story’s pace slows down because the author provides more detail.
  2. The story’s pace speeds up in anticipation of going to Araby.
  3. The story’s pace stays the same and is not impacted by Araby.
  4. The story’s pace goes back and forth between fast and slow.

6. _____ *In “Araby,” the main character is engaged in a one-sided love affair with his friend Mangan’s sister. The disposition of the character most closely resembles which of the following characters that we have read about this year?

  1. Absalom from “The Miller’s Tale”
  2. Nicholas from “The Miller’s Tale”
  3. Sir Gawain
  4. Beowulf

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS (10 points)—Please answer the following questions in the Blue Book provided. Please use specific examples from the short story, as well as from the other literature that we have studied this year.

The unnamed main character in James Joyce’s short story Araby is going through a frustrating time in his life. The protagonist feels that no matter where he turns, that reality is dealing him an unfair hand.

  • Based on the experiences that the young protagonist goes though, which incident do you think he finds the most frustrating?
  • Think back to other characters we have read this year that dealt with adversity during a difficult time in their life. Which character do you think the protagonist in “Araby” most closely resembles, and why?

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