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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Synge,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Yeats have the chance to protect Maud Gonne?
(a) 1797.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1897.

2. How did Hyde promote Irish literature?
(a) He attended all assemblies for Irish work.
(b) He went on campaigns.
(c) He wrote about Irish legends.
(d) He translated old work.

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

4. What did Yeats start worshiping after he was put in a trance?
(a) The moon.
(b) The stars.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sun.

5. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Gaelic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?

2. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?

3. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?

4. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?

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

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