Araby

How is the dialogue punctuated in Araby?

• Quotation marks

• Italicized

• Dashes

"The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me."

• His school

• The bazaar

• Mangan’s sister

• His home

"I lingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless."

• The bazaar shopkeeper

• Mangan’s sister

• His aunt

• A stranger at the bazaar

"She asked me was I going to Araby."

• His aunt

• A teacher

• Mangan’s sister

• A shopkeeper

"All my senses seemed to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that I was about to slip from them, I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: ‘O love! O love!’ many times."

• His love for Mangan’s sister

• His frustration with the bazaar

• His anger at his uncle

• His love for adventure

"I may have stood there for an hour, seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination, touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck, at the hand upon the railings and at the border below the dress."

• Himself

• His aunt

• Mangan’s sister

• The bazaar shopkeeper

The climax of Araby is

• the narrator talking to Mangan's sister

• the narrator gets to the bazaar

• the uncle comes home

What is the main theme of 'Araby'?

• A) The loss of innocence

• B) The power of love

• C) The importance of family

• D) The joy of adventure

Which literary device is predominantly used in 'Araby' to convey the narrator's feelings?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Irony

• D) Hyperbole

What does the bazaar symbolize in 'Araby'?

• A) The narrator's dreams and desires

• B) The narrator's family

• C) The narrator's school

• D) The narrator's neighborhood