A. “The Dead”
B. “Eveline”
C. “A Painful Case”
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc ?
A. adolescence, maturity, childhood
B. childhood, maturity, adolescence
C. childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life
D. childhood, adolescence, maturity - In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?
A. “Araby”
B. “The Boarding House”
C. “The Dead”
D. “An Encounter” - The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Who write the story “Story Teller” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Grey
D. Saki - According to critics, what is the function of The Dubliners’ third person narration ?
A. it counters the sense of unrequited love
B. it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration
C. it makes the stories seem more impersonal
D. it breaks through the sense of paralysis - In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ?
A. it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
B. it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
C. it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland
D. All of the Above - Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ?
A. Ezra Pound
B. W.B. Yeats
C. Ernest Hemmingway
D. Virginia Woolf - Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ?
A. the positive side of war with Germany
B. the supremacy of Britain
C. Irish nationalism
D. the Irish nation’s inability to survive without England’s help - In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?
A. they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life
B. they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration
C. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance
D. All of the Above - Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners ?
A. the positive representation of cultural institutions
B. the representation of a shallow, drab culture
C. the positive representation of the Catholic Church
D. the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind
