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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 did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?
(a) The Floaters.
(b) The Masters.
(c) The Drifters.
(d) The Gods.

2. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?
(a) Satirical truths.
(b) Clash of character.
(c) Folly and Foils.
(d) Inarticulated desires.

3. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?
(a) He would have tried to change it.
(b) He would have hated it.
(c) He would have been obessed with it.
(d) He would have taken credit for it.

4. When did Yeats have the chance to protect Maud Gonne?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1797.
(d) 1897.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?

2. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

3. What did Yeats blame for his logical style?

4. What was the boy that Yeats cured sick with?

5. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?

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