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Araby by James Joyce MCQ'S For General Overview

This document provides 15 multiple choice questions that test comprehension of the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. The questions cover key details about the setting, characters, and plot of the story, such as that it takes place on North Richmond Street in Dublin in winter, and follows a young narrator who is fascinated by his neighbor, a girl, and impulsively decides to attend the Araby bazaar to buy her a gift.

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Araby by James Joyce MCQ'S For General Overview

This document provides 15 multiple choice questions that test comprehension of the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. The questions cover key details about the setting, characters, and plot of the story, such as that it takes place on North Richmond Street in Dublin in winter, and follows a young narrator who is fascinated by his neighbor, a girl, and impulsively decides to attend the Araby bazaar to buy her a gift.

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ARABY

BY JAMES JOYCE

MCQ’S FOR GENERAL OVERVIEW

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MCQ’s
1. Araby was written by ___________.
A) James Joyce
B) John Keats
C) William Shakespeare

ANSWER: James Joyce

2. _______________ Street, being blind, was a quiet street.


A) South Richmond
B) North Richmond
C) Wall

ANSWER: North Richmond

3. An uninhabited house of _______ storey’s stood at the blind end,


detached from its neighbors in a square ground.
A) One
B) Two
C) Three

ANSWER: Two

4. The former tenant of their house is _________.


A) Mangan’s sister
B) Nan
C) Priest

ANSWER: Priest

5. The wild-garden behind the house contained a central __________and a


few bushes.
A) Apple-tree
B) Orange-tree
C) Mango-tree

ANSWER: Apple tree

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6. When the short days of _________came, dusk fell before we had well
eaten our dinners.
A) Spring
B) Summer
C) Winter

ANSWER: Winter

7. Every morning, the narrator lay on the floor in the front ________
watching the girl’s door.
A) Parlor
B) House
C) Office

ANSWER: Parlor

8. Narrator was living with __________.


A) Parents
B) Brothers
C) Uncle and aunt

ANSWER: Uncle and aunt

9. The space of sky above the narrator was the color of ever-changing
________.
A) Purplish blue
B) Violet
C) Yellowish orange

ANSWER: Violet

10. The ______ air stung the narrator.


A) Cold
B) Warm
C) Chilled

ANSWER: Cold

11.On ___________ evenings, the narrator had to go to carry some of the


parcels.
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A) Friday
B) Saturday
C) Sunday

ANSWER: Saturday

12. The narrator was walking through the ___________ streets.


A) Flaring
B) Quenching
C) Quelling

ANSWER: Flaring

13. It was a _________ evening.


A) Cloudy
B) Dark rainy
C) Moony

ANSWER: Dark rainy

14.The narrator asked for leave to go to the _________ on Saturday night.


A) Parlor
B) House
C) Bazaar

ANSWER: Bazaar

15. The narrator allowed two pennies to fall against the ______ pennies in
his pocket.
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Eight

ANSWER: Six

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