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

2. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Make an apology letter.
(c) Continue writing.
(d) Fight for his rights.

3. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?
(a) Theosophism.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Cabbalistic symbols.

4. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?
(a) A pointless life.
(b) A lost love.
(c) To ignite his imagination.
(d) A dead mother.

5. What strange idea did Henley embrace just before his death?
(a) Religion.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Taylor so close to insane?

2. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?

3. What did Yeats blame for his logical style?

4. Who was the president of the Literary Society?

5. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?

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