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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yeats cure a boy?

2. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?

3. How did Davidson die?

4. What did Yeats have visions of?

5. What happened to make Yeats interested in religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yeats feel about Oscar Wilde when he met the famous author?

2. What happened when Yeats fell in love for the first time?

3. How did Mary Battle display her second sight before Yeats came to live at the house?

4. When did Yeats start his interest in spiritual things?

5. How did Hyde and O'Grady help to promote Irish literature?

6. How did the theosophists feel about Mr. Russel?

7. Who did Yeats get to be his sponsor, and what kind of man was he?

8. Who did Morris remind Yeats of, and what did Morris teach Yeats?

9. How was Yeats affected by his friendship with O'Leary?

10. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

Essay Topic 3

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

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