Show:
Queer Old Josser
Father Flynn
Dublin Boy
Allusions/Terms
Symbols
100
For some reason, Joyce has the josser share this quality for which the boy was searching on the Norwegian vessel.
What are green eyes?
100
Flynn's journey to his epiphany is sped up by this "incident."
What is breaking the chalice?
100
Who states the following about the boy: "...it's bad for children. My idea is: let young lad run about and play with young lads of his own age..."
Who is Old Cotter?
100
The oldest nationalist newspaper in Ireland.
What is Freeman's Journal?
100
Sherry and Cream Crackers
What is symbolic communion?
200
The works of this author "can't be read by boys."
Who is Lord Lytton?
200
Those "idle" words spoken to the boy.
What is "I am not long for this world."
200
Feels bad for despising this boy in his epiphany
Who is Mahony?
200
The very first line of "The Sisters" - "There was no hope for him now; it was the third stroke." - was written about this man's inferno.
Who is Dante?
200
These "great jars that stood like eastern guards" may serve as reminders of this.
What is Fall in the Garden of Eden?
300
This question posed by the josser shows that he thinks the boys are National school boys.
What is "...did he get whipped often in school"?
300
He points out to the boy that, regarding the intricate questions of Catholicism, "the fathers had written books as thick as" this?
What is the Post Office Directory?
300
Decides to do this in lieu of Indian battles in the Dillon's backyard
What is "miching"?
300
This woman mistakenly alludes to carriages with "rheumatic wheels."
Who is Eliza?
300
The boy must "learn to box his corner" might cause thoughts to conjure up this term.
What is gnomon?
400
This would be seen when he smiled.
What are yellow teeth and great gaps?
400
The reader realizes that Flynn must have been versed in the classics - literature, mathematics, and philosophy - because he studied here.
What is the Irish college in Rome?
400
Because of his friend's "silver badge of a cricket club in his cap," he and his friend are called this.
What are "swaddlers"?
400
Father Flynn could occasionally be found with this book of Latin liturgical rites which are used for divine office fallen
What is a breviary?
400
This Father Flynn action shows the reader the moment of his epiphany?
What is laughing in the confession box?
500
This work in particular is more than likely the novel to which the old josser is referencing.
What is THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII?
500
Along with a fellow priest, this man discovers Flynn in the confession box.
Who is Father O'Rourke?
500
The josser inspires the boy to adopt this fake name...in case he asks.
What is Smith?
500
This mid 19th century poet wrote Dark Rosalen and inspired a Joyce character.
Who is J.C. Mangan?
500
These items left behind by a deceased priest show the reader that men who are priests are more than just their vocation.
What are the books (The Abbot, The Devout Communicant, and The Memoirs of Vidocq)?