Lit Quiz2 T3

Question 1

Who’s the author of Araby?

Answer 1

James joyce

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

Place: Dublin,Ireland , north Richmond street (the place is described with a negative adjective)

Time: 19th century

Question 3

Themes

Answer 3

1. Endless waiting
2. Frustration
3. Love
4. Dark and brightness

Question 4

Endless waiting

Answer 4

-he waits for the girl he likes everyday/morning, watching through the blinds
-the boy waited for his uncle for so long biz his uncle was supposed to give the boy money

Question 5

Araby

Answer 5

Means bazaar or shop

Question 6

Characters

Answer 6

-the unnamed boy
-his uncle,aunt (he lives with them)
-Mangan’s sister (his crush)
-mangan

Question 7

Why is the story called Araby?

Answer 7

It’s an Arabian theme bazaar, the boy wants to get smth for the girl he likes

Question 8

Frustration

Answer 8

• he his frustrated with his surrounding (the place he lives) he is not happy except for one thing; mangan’s sister

-he was frustrated with the fact he had a crush on the girl but had no chance of showing it to her.

-he was also frustrated at his uncle for being late and forgetting about him

Question 9

Love

Answer 9

-he describes as his neighborhood being dull but mangan’s sister is what made him happy and makes his “heart leap”

-he’s only physically attracted to her as he’s never spoken to her so he doesn’t know what she is like, he admires her from afar

Question 10

Dark and brightness

Answer 10

-the neighborhood was described by the boy as dull and dark
-the contrast is shown whenever the boy describes mangan’s sister