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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bounty of Sweden,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Yeats afraid to ask his best friend permission for something he wanted to do?
(a) He knew he would be denied.
(b) He did not want to make him worry needlessly.
(c) He did not want to reveal the thoughts of death.
(d) He did not want to hurt his feelings.

2. What did Moore and Yeats do when they worked on plays together?
(a) Drink.
(b) Collaborate.
(c) Fight.
(d) Laugh.

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

4. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?
(a) Hidden thoughts.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Desire.
(d) Spirituality.

5. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?
(a) Inarticulated desires.
(b) Folly and Foils.
(c) Clash of character.
(d) Satirical truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats's grandparents live?

2. What kind of college did Hyde attend?

3. What did Yeats have visions of?

4. What was Yeats humbled by when he got to Stockholm?

5. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?

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