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Dubliners | An Encounter: Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Why is it surprising that Joe Dillon chooses the priesthood for a vocation?

2. What is the overall significance of the statement: “Real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad”?

3. Explain how Leo Dillon represents the narrator’s conscience.

4. What is the symbolism of the color green in the story?

5. Why does Mahoney brag about having “totties”?

6. Why is Mahoney unconcerned about the bizarre qualities of the man, while the narrator notices them?

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