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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 was the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?
(a) Swearing in front of a girl.
(b) Breaking a dish.
(c) Having a snack too close to bedtime.
(d) Taking the Lord's name in vain.

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

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

4. What did Yeats often think of his father's opinion?
(a) It was exactly right.
(b) It was wrong.
(c) It was too extreme.
(d) It was not logical.

5. Where did Yeats's grandparents live?
(a) Slingo.
(b) Slitho.
(c) Slitto.
(d) Sligo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?

2. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?

3. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?

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

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

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