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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 did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?
(a) A new house.
(b) A literary society.
(c) A theater.
(d) A publishing firm.

2. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Gaelic.

3. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?
(a) Logical flaws.
(b) Generalizations.
(c) Copied styles.
(d) Cliches.

4. What did Moore and Yeats do when they worked on plays together?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Drink.
(c) Fight.
(d) Collaborate.

5. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?
(a) Greek and Latin.
(b) History.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnson's biggest vice?

2. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?

3. How did Hyde promote Irish literature?

4. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?

5. What did Yeats often think of his father's opinion?

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