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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Irish Dramatic Movement: A Lecture delivered to the Royal Academy of Sweden,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Yeats credit for advancing his idea to build a theater?
(a) Lady Gregory.
(b) Synge.
(c) Maud Gonne.
(d) His wife.

2. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Big cities.
(c) The woods.
(d) Automobiles.

3. Who did Yeats think was not appreciated during his life?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Synge.
(d) Wilde.

4. Who almost ruined Yeats's plan to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Lady Gregory.
(b) Maud.
(c) Moore.
(d) Martyn.

5. Who did Yeats live with while in London?
(a) Kipling.
(b) Henley.
(c) Symons.
(d) Davidson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?

2. What did Yeats compare poetry to?

3. What caused some of Yeats's family members to withdraw from his visits?

4. Who often shared Yeats's visions?

5. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?

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