Dubliners quotes

Question 1

Sisters - I said softly to

Answer 1

I said softly to myself the word paralysis

Question 2

Sisters - I crammed my mouth with stirabout

Answer 2

I crammed my mouth with stirabout for fear I might give utterance to my anger

Question 3

Sisters - I felt even annoyed at discovering in myself a sensation of freedom

Answer 3

I felt even annoyed at discovering in myself a sensation of freedom as if I had been freed from something by his death

Question 4

Encounter - The adventures related in the literature to the Wild West were

Answer 4

The adventures related in the literature to the Wild West were remote from my nature but, at least, they opened the doors of escape

Question 5

Encounter - But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home:

Answer 5

But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad

Question 6

Encounter - Swaddlers!

Answer 6

Protestants (derogatory)

Question 7

Encounter - Mahony said it would be right skit to

Answer 7

Mahony said it would be right skit to run away to sea on one of those big ships

Question 8

Encounter - He began to speak to us about girls, saying

Answer 8

He began to speak to us about girls, saying what nice soft hair they had and how soft their hands were….

Question 9

Encounter - Squalid

Answer 9

Squalid streets

Question 10

Araby - I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her

Answer 10

‘I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.’

Question 11

Araby - Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange

Answer 11

‘Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand.’

Question 12

Araby - The syllables of the word Araby…

Answer 12

The syllables of the word Araby… Cast an eastern enchantment over me

Question 13

Araby - I had to endure the

Answer 13

I had to endure the gossip of the tea table

Question 14

Araby - I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity and

Answer 14

I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity and my eyes burned with anguish and anger

Question 15

Eveline - she sometimes felt

Answer 15

She sometimes felt herself in danger of her father’s violence

Question 16

Eveline - she stood up in a sudden

Answer 16

She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape!

Question 17

Eveline - Frank would save her. He

Answer 17

Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love too.

Question 18

Eveline - Amid the seas she

Answer 18

Amid the seas she sent a cry of anguish

Question 19

Eveline - places

Answer 19

the Allan Line… Straits of Magellan… Buenos Ayres…

Question 20

Counterparts - He was full of smouldering anger and

Answer 20

‘He was full of smouldering anger and revengefulness. He felt humiliated and discontented; he did not even get drunk’

Question 21

Counterparts - Sharp face little woman who bullied her husband when he was

Answer 21

Sharp face little woman who bullied her husband when he was sober and was bullied by him when he was drunk

Question 22

Counterparts- Aching for the

Answer 22

Aching for the comfort of the public house

Question 23

Clay - ‘Mrs Donnelly said it was plain

Answer 23

‘Mrs Donnelly said it was plain that Maria had left it behind her in the tram.’

Question 24

Clay - ‘Maria agreed with him and favoured

Answer 24

‘Maria agreed with him and favoured him with demure nods and hems.’

Question 25

Clay - Maria thought she would put in a good word for Alphy. But Joe cried that God might

Answer 25

Maria thought she would put in a good word for Alphy. But Joe cried that God might strike him stone dead if ever he spoke a word to his brother again and Maria said she was sorry she had mentioned the matter.

Question 26

Clay - She felt a soft wet substance

Answer 26

She felt a soft wet substance with her fingers

Question 27

A Painful Case - he wished to live as far as possible from

Answer 27

'he wished to live as far as possible from the city of which he was a citizen'

Question 28

A Painful Case - Little by little, he entangled his thoughts with hers. He lent her

Answer 28

'Little by little he entangle his thoughts with hers. He lent her books, provided her with ideas, shared his intellectual life with her. She listened to all.'

Question 29

A Painful Case - Every bond, he

Answer 29

Every bond, he said, is a bond to sorrow

Question 30

A Painful Case - MR Duffy's distain at her suicide

Answer 30

'a common-place vulgar death' 'she had degraded him'

Question 31

Ivy Day in the Committee Room - tore a strip off the card and, lighting

Answer 31

'tore a strip off the card and, lighting it, lit his cigarette.'

Question 32

Ivy Day - a German

Answer 32

A German monarch

Question 33

Ivy Day - Pok! The tardy cork flew out of

Answer 33

'Pok! The tardy cork flew out of Mr Crofton's bottle.'

Question 34

A Mother - She appreciated his

Answer 34

She appreciated his abstract value as a male

Question 35

A Mother - when the Irish Revival began to be appreciable

Answer 35

When the Irish Revival began to be appreciable Mrs Kearney determined to take advantage of her daughter's name and brought an Irish teacher to the house.'

Question 36

A Mother - she sat amid the chilly circle of her

Answer 36

She sat amid the chilly circle of her accomplishments, waiting for some suitor to brave it and offer her a brilliant life.'

Question 37

A Mother - They thought they only had a girl to deal with and that

Answer 37

They thought they only had a girl to deal with and that therefore they could ride roughshod over her

Question 38

After the Race - To watch the cars careering homewards and through this

Answer 38

After the Race - To watch the cars careering homewards and through this channel of poverty and inaction the continent sped its wealth and industry

Question 39

After the Race - The more of Irish money was to

Answer 39

The more of Irish money was to be included in the capital of the concern

Question 40

After the race - having secured for his son

Answer 40

having secured for his son qualities often unpurchasable.

Question 41

After the race - Glad of the dark stupor

Answer 41

Glad of the dark stupor that would cover up his folly

Question 42

After the race - Jimmy had money and he was popular; and he divided his time curiously between

Answer 42

Jimmy had money and he was popular; and he divided his time curiously between his social aspirations and his father's unfulfilled ambitions."

Question 43

Two gallants - (Lenehan) 'his adroitness and eloquence had always prevented

Answer 43

'his adroitness and eloquence had always prevented his friends from forming any general policy against him.'

Question 44

Two gallants - (Lenehan) He felt keenly his own poverty of purse and spirit, and sometimes he

Answer 44

He felt keenly his own poverty of purse and spirit, and sometimes he gnawed his under-lip or twisted his moustache in disappointment.

Question 45

Two gallants - She's a fine decent tart...And, I say, could you

Answer 45

She’s a fine decent tart... And, I say, could you do me a good turn, Corley? I’d put in a good word for you.

Question 46

The boarding house - Dublin is such a small city:

Answer 46

Dublin is such a small city: everyone knows everyone else's business

Question 47

Boarding House- His instinct urged him to remain free

Answer 47

His instinct urged him to remain free, not to marry. Once you are married you are done for, it said

Question 48

The Boarding House - But the sin was there; even his sense of honour told

Answer 48

But the sin was there; even his sense of honour told him that reparation must be made for such a sin

Question 49

The Boarding House - She dealt with moral problems

Answer 49

'She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat'

Question 50

The Boarding House - She was sure she

Answer 50

'She was sure she would win.'

Question 51

The Boarding House - He had simply taken advantage of Polly's youth and

Answer 51

'He had simply taken advantage of Polly's youth and inexperience: that was evident.'

Question 52

A Little Cloud - all that minute vermin-l

Answer 52

all that minute vermin-like life

Question 53

A Little Cloud - There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to

Answer 53

'There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.'

Question 54

A Little Cloud - It was a pity his name was

Answer 54

'It was a pity his name was not more Irish-looking.'

Question 55

A Little Cloud - Dublin

Answer 55

'old jog-along Dublin' 'dear dirty Dublin'

Question 56

Little Cloud- It was useless,

Answer 56

It was useless, useless! He was a prisoner for life.

Question 57

Grace - 'They agreed that the gentleman must

Answer 57

'They agreed that the gentleman must have missed his footing.'

Question 58

Grace - After three weeks she had found a wife's life irksome and, later on,

Answer 58

Grace- After three weeks she had found a wife's life irksome and, later on, when she was beginning to find it unbearable, she became a mother

Question 59

Grace - Mr Kernan came of Protestant stock and, though he had been converted to the Catholic faith at

Answer 59

'Mr Kernan came of Protestant stock and, though he had been converted to the Catholic faith at the time of his marriage' 'He was fond, moreover, of giving side-thrusts at Catholicism.'

Question 60

Grace - massive red face, appearing

Answer 60

'massive red face, appearing above the balustrade'

Question 61

The Dead - West Briton!

Answer 61

Derogatory word for a non-nationalist/British supporter

Question 62

The Dead - He longed to be master

Answer 62

He longed to be master of her strange mood

Question 63

The Dead - A vague terror seized Gabriel at this answer as if, at that hour when he had hoped to triumph, some

Answer 63

A vague terror seized Gabriel at this answer as if, at that hour when he had hoped to triumph, some impalpable and vindictive being was coming against him, gathering forces against him in its vague world

Question 64

The Dead - His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the

Answer 64

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.

Question 65

The Dead - her frail shoulders curved

Answer 65

her frail shoulders curved as with a burden

Question 66

The Dead - Freddy Malins' left hand

Answer 66

Freddy Malins' left hand accepted the glass mechanically