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

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

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

4. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?
(a) Religion.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Death.
(d) Hell.

5. What did the theosophists talk about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Art.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lady Gregory help Yeats become?

2. Where was Playboy of the Western World presented?

3. What did Davitt think politicians could not understand?

4. What did Synge accept just before he died?

5. What season did Yeats like to spend with Lady Gregory?

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