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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 did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?
(a) She was much too old for him.
(b) She was much too young for him.
(c) She was too good for him.
(d) She was engaged to another man.

2. Where was Rhys from?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

3. Who died while Wilde was in prison?
(a) His wife.
(b) His lover.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

4. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?
(a) Quote fantasy conversations.
(b) Foretell the future.
(c) Sing songs in the midle of conversations.
(d) Pretend to be God.

5. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?
(a) Theosophism.
(b) Cabbalistic symbols.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?

2. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?

3. What was Johnson's biggest vice?

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

5. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?

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