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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. What was Hyde unable to do to any artist?
(a) Read their work.
(b) Criticize them.
(c) Applaud them.
(d) Copy their style.

2. What did some of Yeats's friends all have dreams of?
(a) Synge's death.
(b) Yeats's wedding.
(c) War planes over head.
(d) The fall of the English government.

3. 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.

4. What was Yeats struggling to write when he met Lady Gregory?
(a) A poem.
(b) A novel.
(c) A short story.
(d) A play.

5. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Unbelievable.
(d) Incredible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?

2. How was Maud treated by the public?

3. What did Moore do that made Yeats incredibly upset?

4. What did Yeats say made Moore's writing improve?

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

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