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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book IV. The Tragic Generation,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the starving artist refuse the job that Yeats found for her?
(a) It was too far from her home.
(b) It would not be true to her art.
(c) There were too many restrictions.
(d) She did not like her boss.

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

3. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?
(a) Strange childhood events.
(b) Dreams from his youth.
(c) The teaching of a college professor.
(d) His father's rigidness.

4. What did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?
(a) Bought copies of their books.
(b) Offered critiques.
(c) Limited their own recitations.
(d) Shared their own.

5. Who did Yeats live with while in London?
(a) Henley.
(b) Davidson.
(c) Kipling.
(d) Symons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?

2. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?

3. Who sponsored Yeats's books after the Society didn't?

4. How was Yeats's first play that was performed in England received?

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

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