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Dubliners
âAn Encounterâ Quick Quiz
Dubliners
by:
James Joyce
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary and Analysis
“The Sisters”
“An Encounter”
“Araby”
“Eveline”
“After the Race”
“Two Gallants”
“The Boarding House”
“A Little Cloud”
“Counterparts”
“Clay”
“A Painful Case”
“Ivy Day in the Committee Room”
“A Mother”
“Grace”
“The Dead”
Characters
Character List
Gabriel Conroy, “The Dead”
Eveline, “Eveline”
Farrington, “Counterparts”
“Araby” narrator
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Drunkenness
Inertia
Ambition
Insularity
Quotes By Section
“The Sisters”
“An Encounter”
“Araby”
“Eveline”
“After the Race”
“Two Gallants”
“The Boarding House”
“A Little Cloud”
“Counterparts”
“Clay”
“A Painful Case”
“Ivy Day in the Committee Room”
“A Mother”
“Grace”
“The Dead”
Quotes By Character
“Araby” Narrator
Eveline, from “Eveline”
Little Chandler, from “A Little Cloud”
Farrington, from “Counterparts”
Gabriel Conroy, from “The Dead”
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
“The Sisters”
“An Encounter”
“Araby”
“Eveline”
“After the Race”
“Two Gallants”
“The Boarding House”
“A Little Cloud”
“Counterparts”
“Clay”
“A Painful Case”
“Ivy Day in the Committee Room”
“A Mother”
“Grace”
“The Dead”
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Table of Contents
“An Encounter” Quick Quiz
1
of 5
In “An Encounter,” what do the boys surreptitiously bring to school to share with each other?
Liquor
Adventure magazines
Pornography
Tobacco
2
of 5
In “An Encounter,” what is The Pigeon House?
A bird sanctuary
A power station
A pub
A brothel
3
of 5
When the narrator of “An Encounter” walks through North Dublin, he and Mahony are insulted by boys who think they’re ___.
Protestants
Catholics
Thieves
Sinners
4
of 5
In “An Encounter,” the old man who approaches the narrator and his friend surprises them by asking if they have ___.
A match
A dollar
A map
Girlfriends
5
of 5
What fake name does the narrator of “An Encounter” use to call his friend at the end of the story?
McFadden
Mahoney
Murphy
McCann
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