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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Ibsen.
(c) Rhys.
(d) Synge.
2. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Magic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Religion.
3. What was Mary Battle's occupation?
(a) Servant.
(b) Artist.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Fortune teller.
4. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?
(a) Swim.
(b) Listen to his grandmother.
(c) Walk the trail by the river.
(d) Sail small boats.
5. How did Yeats cure a boy?
(a) Cleansed his aura.
(b) Used faith healing.
(c) Had him stare at a symbol.
(d) Painted symbols on his face.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?
2. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?
3. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?
4. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?
5. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Yeats's opinion of Russel change when he saw him with the theosophists?
2. How was Yeats affected by his friendship with O'Leary?
3. What was the story an old acquaintance told Yeats while he was in Paris?
4. What did Yeats think caused the poets he knew to be so tragic?
5. How did Yeats feel when he started seeing a medium to help him discover his character?
6. Why did Wilde refuse to run away when he had the chance?
7. What helped Yeats find his own voice?
8. What kind of work was considered for sponsorship in the National Literary Society?
9. How were Yeats's grandfathers different in their personalities?
10. What did Yeats realize while watching his daughter when he was an older man?
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