In The Dubliners, which literary style is used ?

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1. 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

2. In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently ?

   A. acatalectic
   B. chiasmus
   C. fantasy
   D. pentameter

3. 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

4. In The Dubliners, which negative characteristic(s) does Joyce associate with Dublin as a place ?

   A. commonness
   B. boredom
   C. backwardness
   D. All of the Above

5. Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ?

   A. Ezra Pound
   B. W.B. Yeats
   C. Ernest Hemmingway
   D. Virginia Woolf

6. 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

7. In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion ?

   A. “The Dead”
   B. “Eveline”
   C. “A Painful Case”
   D. All of the Above

8. 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

9. 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

10. In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?

    A. “Araby”
    B. “The Boarding House”
    C. “The Dead”
    D. “An Encounter”