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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 kind of college did Hyde attend?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Socialist.

2. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?
(a) The Literary Works Guild.
(b) The Poetry Circuit.
(c) The Rhymer's Club.
(d) The Poet's Corner.

3. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?
(a) They were open to critiques.
(b) Their plot line was so intricate.
(c) They wrote all day long.
(d) They were fast and professional.

4. Who almost ruined Yeats's plan to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Maud.
(b) Martyn.
(c) Lady Gregory.
(d) Moore.

5. What did the theosophists talk about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?

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

3. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

4. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?

5. What did Moore and Yeats do when they worked on plays together?

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