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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats want to do to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Have Lady Gregory give the Prologue.
(b) Make an apology about Countess Cathleen.
(c) Hire a famous actress.
(d) Post advertisements.

2. Who did Yeats think deserved his Nobel Prize more than himself?
(a) Melville.
(b) Moore.
(c) Synge.
(d) Mann.

3. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?
(a) They were open to critiques.
(b) They were fast and professional.
(c) They wrote all day long.
(d) Their plot line was so intricate.

4. How did Yeats think a writer should learn to write about different kinds of people?
(a) Get critiques from different kinds of people.
(b) Live with different kinds of people.
(c) Observe different kinds of people.
(d) Write for more than one group of people.

5. How did most of Synge's friends view his acceptance?
(a) A sign of strength.
(b) A necessity.
(c) A weakness.
(d) A prayer answered.

6. What did Yeats say the world was too preoccupied with?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Material things.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their jobs.

7. Why was Yeats mad when the death of another writer got more attention than the death of Synge?
(a) The other writer was not from Ireland.
(b) The other writer had wronged Synge.
(c) The writer was not as good as Synge.
(d) The other writer was a felon.

8. Where was the Nobel Prize reception held?
(a) The docks.
(b) The Royal Palace.
(c) A fancy hotel.
(d) The National Convention Center.

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

10. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?
(a) It sounded like a stranger's voice.
(b) It was very original.
(c) It was too ornamental.
(d) It was on the road to perfection.

11. What caused Lady Gregory to move to her country estate?
(a) Her husband died.
(b) Her son was killed.
(c) Her inheritance was taken away.
(d) She lost part of her fortune.

12. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Walking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Painting.

13. Why did the award winners return to their seats backwards after getting their prizes?
(a) To avoid turning their backs to the Royal Family.
(b) To show their respect for the future.
(c) To avoid seeing how large the audience was.
(d) To keep from falling down the stairs.

14. What was Maud doing when she needed protection?
(a) Going on a speaking tour.
(b) Presenting a controversial work of art.
(c) Confronting a corrupt government official.
(d) Performing in a controversial play.

15. What two things did Yeats say were separate entities?
(a) Politics and Government.
(b) Poetry and Literature.
(c) Philosophy and Spiritualism.
(d) History and the Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Synge accept just before he died?

2. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?

3. What did Yeats say the public lacked?

4. What did Davitt think politicians could not understand?

5. What did most of the theaters in Ireland perform plays for?

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