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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book I. Four Years: 1887-1891,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats's fellow poets use to analyze their poetry?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Description.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Logic.

2. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?
(a) Fish.
(b) Pork.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Beef.

3. What did Yeats blame for his logical style?
(a) His religion.
(b) His father.
(c) His Irish descent.
(d) His grandfather.

4. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?
(a) Magic.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Greek.

5. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Faulkner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MacGregor teach Yeats about?

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

3. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

4. What did Yeats's mother think people in London indulged too much in?

5. What did MacGregor say could trigger thoughts?

(see the answer key)

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