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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Estrangement: Extracts from a Diary Kept in 1909,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Yeats want to do to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Hire a famous actress.
(b) Post advertisements.
(c) Make an apology about Countess Cathleen.
(d) Have Lady Gregory give the Prologue.

4. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Opium.

5. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Literature.
(c) History.
(d) Spiritualism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

2. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?

3. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?

4. What did Yeats say the public lacked?

5. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?

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