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Dubliners
James Joyce
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Summary
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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
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“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”
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“Araby” Narrator
Eveline, from “Eveline”
Little Chandler, from “A Little Cloud”
Farrington, from “Counterparts”
Gabriel Conroy, from “The Dead”
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Context
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Character List
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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"
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"An Encounter" Quiz
Further Study
"An Encounter" 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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