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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book I. Four Years: 1887-1891,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Rhys from?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

2. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?
(a) The Poetry Circuit.
(b) The Rhymer's Club.
(c) The Literary Works Guild.
(d) The Poet's Corner.

3. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?
(a) Churches.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Under the stars.
(d) Old castles.

4. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To pursue his art.
(b) To collect an inheritance.
(c) To give his son an education.
(d) To visit a relative.

5. What did Yeats think of most of the people who joined his poetry society?
(a) They were boring.
(b) They were uneducated.
(c) They were insincere.
(d) They were ungrateful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Yeats break free from imitating his father's style?

2. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?

3. Who reminded Yeats of his grandfather?

4. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?

5. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?

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