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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. How was Yeats's first play that was performed in England received?
(a) Poorly.
(b) Fearfully.
(c) Richly.
(d) Very well.

2. What caused some of Yeats's family members to withdraw from his visits?
(a) His rude nature.
(b) His reputation.
(c) His addiction to alcohol.
(d) His beliefs.

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

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

5. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?
(a) Pretend to be God.
(b) Sing songs in the midle of conversations.
(c) Quote fantasy conversations.
(d) Foretell the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject was the Rhymer's club fixated on?

2. What did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?

3. How did Davidson die?

4. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?

5. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?

(see the answer key)

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