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

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

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

4. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?
(a) The British Museum.
(b) The green park.
(c) An Aviary.
(d) A church yard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Yeats family move after they lived in Dublin?

3. What did Yeats's fellow poets use to analyze their poetry?

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

5. What was the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?

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