Dubliners for dummies
Who wrote Dubliners?
James Joyce
The name of the priest in the sisters.
Father Flynn
Which short story includes the mention of a “Bazaar”?
Araby
Her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.
The boy in Araby
What stains the priests robes in "The Sisters"-- representing how he was a hypocritical, filthy, degenerate.
Snuff
Who is the critic for "The Sisters"?
Eskandari
What century was Dubliners written in?
The 20th century (It was published in 1914!)
Who, in Eveline, is the young sailor who is meant to "save" her and take her off to Buenos Ayres?
Frank
Which short story features a "blind street"-- foreboding the ultimate demise and loss of innocence?
Araby
"She was a little vulgar; sometimes she said I seen and If i had've known. But what would grammar matter if I really loved her?"
Mr. Doran
What object in Araby can be used to symbolize that Mangan's sister is a prisoner of the church and is Joyce's way of highlighting the limitations placed on society by the evil Catholic hypocrites.
Bracelet
Who is the critic for "Araby"?
H. Stone
Name 3 central themes that remain the same across all of the short stories
Paralysis, Religion, Ireland / Dublin, Corruption of the church, etc.
What are the names of the two "lovers" in A Painful Case?
Mr. Duffy and Mrs. Sinico
What city in South America, that contrasts the dusty cretone, is the sailor going to take Eveline to?
Buenos Ayres
"And I'lll...I'll say a Hail Mary for you, pa, if you don't beat me."
Tom
What geographic object does Joyce use in Eveline to highlight her fear of the unknown and the vastness of possibilities she fears could become worse than her current situation?
The Ocean
Who is the critic for Eveline?
Borzaga
Name at least 2 of the short stories in Dubliners that include children?
The sisters, An encounter, and Araby
What characters in "Counterparts" MOST represent the struggles of the Irish people and the POWER of the British? (2 names)
Farrington and Mr. Alleyne
During their epiphany dinner, in the story “The Clay,” Maria first chooses the clay as her gift. She then picked another item from the table. What was this item?
A Prayerbook
"Gazing up int othe darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity, and my eyes burned with anguish and anger"
The young boy in Araby
What job in "The Boarding House" could we use to defend the idea that women are seen as pieces of meat for a man to do whatever they wish to them?
Butcher
Who is the critic for counterparts?
J. Quirk
Name at least 2 short stories that focus on the plight and paralysis that women experience in a patriarchal society.
Eveline, The Boarding House, A Painful Case, and Clay
Name the character in Clay that is hosting the party at the end of the story?
Joe
What food items is the boy offered, though he denies them, in "The Sisters" that are meant to represent his loss of faith?
Bread and Sherry
"His face was truculent, grey, and massive with black cavernous nostrils and circled by a scanty white fur"
The boy in the sisters
What game in Clay is symbolic of the limitations placed on Dublin Society, or even women?
Saucers
Who is the critic for "A Painful Case"?