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

2. Where did Yeats start the National Literary Society?
(a) London.
(b) Halifax.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Sussex.

3. How did Yeats cure a boy?
(a) Used faith healing.
(b) Painted symbols on his face.
(c) Cleansed his aura.
(d) Had him stare at a symbol.

4. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?
(a) His arrest.
(b) His lunacy.
(c) His bad reputation.
(d) His sickness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Yeats see that visions affected?

4. Where was Rhys from?

5. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?

(see the answer key)

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