Question

question 14 multiple choice question
in araby, the narrator states his \confused adoration\ regarding
mangan.
mangans sister.
his aunt.
araby.

question 15 multiple choice question
what does the roses sickness symbolize in the sick rose?
a corrupt world
an unhealthy lifestyle
loss of innocence and love.
the inevitability of death

Explanation:

Analyze Question 14

Using the James Joyce Araby knowledge point, we recall that the narrator in James Joyce's short story "Araby" is infatuated with his neighbor's sister. He describes his intense, youthful feelings of infatuation and religious-like devotion toward her, stating that her name sprang to his lips "in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand" and that his body was like a harp, with her words and gestures like fingers running upon the wires. This state of infatuation is explicitly referred to as his "confused adoration" regarding Mangan's sister.

Analyze Question 15

Using the Romantic Poetry knowledge point, we analyze William Blake's poem "The Sick Rose" from Songs of Experience. The poem describes a rose destroyed by a secret, invisible worm. In Romantic literary analysis, the rose represents purity, beauty, and love, while its "sickness" caused by the worm's "dark secret love" symbolizes the corruption, destruction, and loss of innocence and love by hidden, destructive forces or societal corruption.

Answer:

Question 14

• (A) Mangan.
• (B) Mangan's sister. (Correct answer)
• (C) his aunt.
• (D) Araby.

Question 15

• (A) a corrupt world
• (B) an unhealthy lifestyle
• (C) loss of innocence and love. (Correct answer)
• (D) the inevitability of death