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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. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) MacGregor.
(d) Henley.

2. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?
(a) Incredible.
(b) Unbelievable.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Fascinating.

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

4. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?
(a) To make better friends.
(b) To find something he could excel at.
(c) To help him defend himself from bullies.
(d) To help him train for an event.

5. What helped Yeats break free from imitating his father's style?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) A talk with a teacher.
(c) Spiritualism.
(d) A dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?

2. Who was the president of the Literary Society?

3. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?

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

5. Why did Yeats's father move to England?

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