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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book II. Ireland after Parnell,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To visit a relative.
(b) To pursue his art.
(c) To collect an inheritance.
(d) To give his son an education.

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

4. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?
(a) Spiritualism.
(b) Literature.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) History.

5. What did Yeats think of most of the people who joined his poetry society?
(a) They were boring.
(b) They were uneducated.
(c) They were ungrateful.
(d) They were insincere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of college did Hyde attend?

2. What caused some of Yeats's family members to withdraw from his visits?

3. How did Hyde promote Irish literature?

4. What did MacGregor say could trigger thoughts?

5. How did Yeats's teacher reward him when he did well in school?

(see the answer key)

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