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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 made Taylor so close to insane?
(a) His shyness.
(b) His rigid beliefs.
(c) His past experiences.
(d) His paranoia.

2. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?
(a) His father's rigidness.
(b) Strange childhood events.
(c) Dreams from his youth.
(d) The teaching of a college professor.

3. What was Moore's occupation?
(a) Actor.
(b) Theater owner.
(c) Writer.
(d) Artist.

4. What did Lady Gregory want Yeats to stop writing?
(a) Magazine articles.
(b) Plays.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poems.

5. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Synge.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?

2. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?

3. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?

4. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?

5. Who did Shaw blame when his play was received badly?

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