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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the starving artist refuse the job that Yeats found for her?
(a) She did not like her boss.
(b) It was too far from her home.
(c) There were too many restrictions.
(d) It would not be true to her art.

2. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?
(a) Fish in the stream.
(b) Take long walks.
(c) Drink in a tavern.
(d) Sit in chairs.

3. What helped Yeats break free from imitating his father's style?
(a) A talk with a teacher.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) A dream.

4. Who died while Wilde was in prison?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His lover.

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

6. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

7. What was Johnson's biggest vice?
(a) He was an alcoholic.
(b) He used opium.
(c) He was addicted to caffeine.
(d) He was prejudiced.

8. What was the boy that Yeats cured sick with?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Small pox.

9. What political belief did Yeats begin to explore after his move from Dublin?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

10. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?
(a) Express himself.
(b) Think philosophically.
(c) Have visions.
(d) Write.

11. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?
(a) Pretend to be God.
(b) Sing songs in the midle of conversations.
(c) Foretell the future.
(d) Quote fantasy conversations.

12. Who was the president of the Literary Society?
(a) MacGregor.
(b) Henley.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) O'Leary.

13. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?
(a) Fish.
(b) Pork.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Beef.

14. What did Yeats see that visions affected?
(a) People's thoughts.
(b) People's moods.
(c) People's health.
(d) People's dreams.

15. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?
(a) O'Malley.
(b) Callaghan.
(c) Donnaghy.
(d) O'Leary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats think of most of the people who joined his poetry society?

2. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?

3. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?

4. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?

5. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?

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