4.05 Quiz: Archetypes, Allusions, and "Araby" B

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In James Joyce's story "Araby," what impact does the archetype of the pure maiden have on the story?

• Mangan's sister prompts the loss of the narrator's innocence when she refuses his gift.

• Mangan's sister sets the hero's quest in motion when she requests a gift from the bazaar.

• Mangan's sister gives the narrator new wisdom when she speaks to him after his quest has failed.

• Mangan's sister begins the story when she introduces him to her brother, who becomes his friend.

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In "Araby," James Joyce uses many archetypal images: the innocent youth, the mysterious female, and the distracted adult.

How does the distracted adult affect the meaning of the story?

• He is an object of the main character's affection as the bumbling uncle who likes to quote poetry.

• He creates tension in the story as the uncle who gets home late and forgets about the boy's intentions.

• He is the antagonist of the story who constantly thwarts the boy's attempts to express his feelings toward the girl.

• He changes the outcome of the story by making the boy regret wanting to go the market in the first place.

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Read these sentences from "Araby" about the boy's frustration as he waits for his uncle to come home. Joyce uses the setting to allude to how the boy feels about this particular time in his life.

I mounted the staircase and gained the upper part of the house. The high cold empty gloomy rooms liberated me and I went from room to room singing. From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived.

How does this allusion affect the meaning of this passage?

• It depicts how the boy's frustration with his uncle's lateness sends him upstairs to find other distractions.

• It describes how the boy seeks higher ground as a refuge from his confusion and passion for the girl.

• It hints at how the boy's confusion about the girl makes him more understanding of his childish friends.

• It shows how the boy realizes he is outgrowing his friends as he looks down on them playing in the street.

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Read these excerpts.

excerpt from “Araby” by James Joyce

The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes, under one of which I found the late tenant’s rusty bicycle-pump.

excerpt from “Genesis 2.9” from the Bible

The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Which statement best explains why Joyce uses the passage from Genesis as a source for “Araby”?

• He wants the setting of “Araby” to include a peaceful location similar to the garden mentioned in Genesis.

• He intends to have the tree of knowledge in the garden in Genesis represent the knowledge the main character gains.

• He chooses the Genesis passage because it mentions food-bearing trees and the garden in “Araby” has an apple tree.

• He compares the tree of good and evil in Genesis with the way the characters in “Araby” are both good and bad.

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