Dubliners
What does Eveline hold onto as the ship leaves without her?
The railing
What happens to Omelas if someone shows the child kindness, such as speaking a kind word?
Omelas would be destroyed (all its prosperity and joy would vanish)
On what holiday does the father first drag the Santa suit to the pole each year?
Thanksgiving night
A carefully planned scheme or trick to outwit an opponent or achieve a particular purpose.
Stratagem
The I.R.A stands for what?
Irish Republican Army
What is the name of the bazaar the young boy in one of our stories attends?
Araby
What is the old man's hometown?
San Carlos
How many Crayolas were the children allowed to use at one time?
One
A fine, filmy substance like cobwebs; very light, delicate, or sheer.
Gossamer
A famous Picasso anti-war painting
Guernica
In "The Sisters," the boy sees the word paralysis where in the priest's house after his death?
The window
At what age do the people of Omelas typically learn of the child's existence?
Between the ages of eight and twelve
What happened when the narrator brought a date home for the first time?
She asked "what's with your dad and that pole?" and he sat there blinking
To walk in a slow, relaxed, and unhurried way; a leisurely stroll.
Saunter
Describe Postmodern literature
Unreliable naration, metafiction etc. After ww2 = 1950s+
In "An Encounter," what game do the two boys pretend to play to avoid a strange old man?
Indians (or cowboys and Indians)
How old does the old man say he is?
Seventy-six (76) years old
Mold of the earth - Where is the story set?
Adjacent to the Temple of the Sibyl on the grounds of the old Czartoryski estate in Puławy, Poland
Showing great attention to correct behavior, etiquette, or formal rules; meticulous and precise.
Punctilious
What political organization, founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, advocated for a dual monarchy in Ireland
Sinn Féin
What specific item does Mr.Doran ask for and consume at the breakfast table on the morning Mrs. Mooney decides to confront him?
A cup of tea (or more precisely, he asks for "a cup of tea" and drinks it while avoiding eye contact with Mrs. Mooney
Name all four animals the old man says he was responsible for.
Two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons
From which sociologist did Prus borrow the "society-as-organism" metaphor?
Herbert Spencer (who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest")
A feeling of unease, embarrassment, or frustration, especially from being thwarted or confused.
Discomfiture
What conflict, fought from 1641 to 1653, included the massacre of Protestant settlers in Ulster and culminated in Oliver Cromwell's brutal reconquest of Ireland
The Irish Confederate Wars