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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 the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?
(a) Taking the Lord's name in vain.
(b) Having a snack too close to bedtime.
(c) Breaking a dish.
(d) Swearing in front of a girl.

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

3. What did most of the theaters in Ireland perform plays for?
(a) High charges.
(b) Food and other trade goods.
(c) Charity.
(d) Donations.

4. What did Yeats see that visions affected?
(a) People's dreams.
(b) People's thoughts.
(c) People's health.
(d) People's moods.

5. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?
(a) His son.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person did Yeats say the public did not understand about artists?

2. Who died while Wilde was in prison?

3. Who did Yeats think was not appreciated during his life?

4. What did Yeats's sponsor hate talking about?

5. What did Symons dream about when he was living with Yeats?

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