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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dramatis Personae: 1896-1902,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats and Kady Gregory do to change the theater rule in Ireland?
(a) Wrote letters.
(b) Held rallies.
(c) Made personal visits.
(d) Signed petitions.

2. What subject was the Rhymer's club fixated on?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Marriage.

3. What did Yeats want to do to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Post advertisements.
(b) Have Lady Gregory give the Prologue.
(c) Hire a famous actress.
(d) Make an apology about Countess Cathleen.

4. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?
(a) His sickness.
(b) His arrest.
(c) His lunacy.
(d) His bad reputation.

5. What did Yeats say made Moore's writing improve?
(a) His time in the theater.
(b) His love affairs.
(c) His time in the company of writers.
(d) His criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of guests did Lady Gregory like to have visit her house?

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

3. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

4. What was Hyde unable to do to any artist?

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

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