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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. What was Synge's final play?
(a) Darlene of the Secrets.
(b) Delilah of the Street.
(c) Deborah of the Sun.
(d) Deidre of the Sorrows.

2. 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 was a felon.
(c) The writer was not as good as Synge.
(d) The other writer had wronged Synge.

3. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?
(a) A theater.
(b) A new house.
(c) A literary society.
(d) A publishing firm.

4. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?
(a) Write volumes and volumes.
(b) Die.
(c) Go to prison.
(d) Get sick.

5. What did a man tell Yeats when he was in a trance?
(a) To move to America.
(b) To travel abroad.
(c) To live by water.
(d) To return to his homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?

2. Who was the president of the Literary Society?

3. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?

4. What kind of college did Hyde attend?

5. What made Taylor so close to insane?

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