Question

Which sentence in this excerpt from James Joyce's "Araby" indicates that the bazaar is a place devoted to avarice, or greed?
I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in quickly through a turnstile, handing a shilling to a weary-looking man. I found myself in a big hall girded at half its height by a gallery. Nearly all the stalls were closed and the greater part of the hall was in darkness. I recognized a silence like that which pervades a church after a service. I walked into the centre of the bazaar timidly. A few people were gathered about the stalls which were still open. Before a curtain, over which the words Café Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver. I listened to the fall of the coins.

A. I found myself in a big hall girded at half its height by a gallery.
B. I recognized a silence like that which pervades a church after a service.
C. I walked into the centre of the bazaar timidly
D. I listened to the fall of the coins.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: D) I listened to the fall of the coins.

This last sentence is the only one that indicates in James Joyce's "Araby" that the bazaar is a place devoted to avarice and greed, as avarice means 'to have an instatiable hunger for riches' and this is the one phrase that tell us about how the people who gather there only intend to spend and gain money for their own selfish needs.

Answer 2

Answer:

I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in quickly through a turnstile, handing a shilling to a weary-looking man. I found myself in a big hall girded at half its height by a gallery. Nearly all the stalls were closed and the greater part of the hall was in darkness. I recognized a silence like that which pervades a church after a service. I walked into the centre of the bazaar timidly. A few people were gathered about the stalls which were still open. Before a curtain, over which the words Café Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver. I listened to the fall of the coins.

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