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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book III. Hodos Chameliontos,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to make Yeats interested in religion?
(a) He met a preacher.
(b) His brother died.
(c) He saw a pretty girl entering a church.
(d) He read the Bible.

2. What did Yeats's mother think people in London indulged too much in?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Voicing their opinions.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Public affection.

3. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?
(a) Cliches.
(b) Logical flaws.
(c) Generalizations.
(d) Copied styles.

4. Whose writings did Ellis introduce Yeats to?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Blake.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Donne.

5. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) History.
(c) Spiritualism.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?

2. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?

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

4. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

5. What did Yeats think of most of the people who joined his poetry society?

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