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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. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?
(a) Bedfield Park.
(b) London.
(c) Sligo.
(d) Dublin.

2. Who got mad at Moore when his plays became popular?
(a) Martyn.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Lady Gregory.
(d) Wilde.

3. How was Yeats's first play that was performed in England received?
(a) Richly.
(b) Fearfully.
(c) Very well.
(d) Poorly.

4. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?
(a) The Masters.
(b) The Floaters.
(c) The Drifters.
(d) The Gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?

2. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?

3. Whose writings did Ellis introduce Yeats to?

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

5. Where did the Yeats family move after they lived in Dublin?

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