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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. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Synge.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Wilde.

2. What was O'Grady's first name?
(a) Stramish.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Standish.
(d) Stanley.

3. How was Maud treated by the public?
(a) Like a celebrity.
(b) Like a felon.
(c) They were rude to her.
(d) They ignored her.

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

5. Who almost ruined Yeats's plan to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Lady Gregory.
(b) Moore.
(c) Maud.
(d) Martyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats compare poetry to?

2. Who did Shaw blame when his play was received badly?

3. What did some of Yeats's friends all have dreams of?

4. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?

5. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?

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