FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A bazaar held in 1894 in Dublin
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The main character’s uncle’s racehorse
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The Middle-Eastern section of Dublin
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James Joyce’s nickname for his lover, Nora Barnacle
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1890s, a series of large‐scale, spectacular charity bazaars was held in Dublin. All of these bazaars attracted more than 80, 000 visitors each, as well as extensive press coverage and a number of ‘celebrity’ guests.
Detailed explanation-2: -One evening she asks him if he plans to go to a bazaar (a fair organized, probably by a church, to raise money for charity) called Araby. The girl will be away on a retreat when the bazaar is held and therefore unable to attend.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Araby Bazaar, along with the other charity bazaars held in the city, became something of a Dublin institution during the middle of the 1890s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Araby, an archaic name for Arabia or the Arab world.
Detailed explanation-5: -In “Araby, ” why does the narrator want to go to the bazaar? The young narrator in “Araby” wants to buy something at the bazaar for Mangan’s older sister, with whom he is infatuated.