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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. Where was Playboy of the Western World presented?
(a) Abby Theater.
(b) The National Theater.
(c) Dublin's Theater.
(d) Irish Center Theater.

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

3. How did Yeats's teacher reward him when he did well in school?
(a) Gave him candy.
(b) Gave him marbles.
(c) Let him run around outside for a minute.
(d) Let him look at a sword.

4. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?
(a) To ignite his imagination.
(b) A dead mother.
(c) A pointless life.
(d) A lost love.

5. Who was the president of the Literary Society?
(a) MacGregor.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Henley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sponsored Yeats's books after the Society didn't?

2. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?

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

4. What subject was the Rhymer's club fixated on?

5. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

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