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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) Signed petitions.
(b) Held rallies.
(c) Wrote letters.
(d) Made personal visits.

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

3. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The sponsor.
(c) The follower.
(d) The leader.

4. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?
(a) Sit in chairs.
(b) Drink in a tavern.
(c) Take long walks.
(d) Fish in the stream.

5. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?
(a) Express himself.
(b) Have visions.
(c) Think philosophically.
(d) Write.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lady Gregory want Yeats to stop writing?

2. Who died while Wilde was in prison?

3. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?

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

5. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

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