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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Synge,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yeats cure a boy?
(a) Had him stare at a symbol.
(b) Painted symbols on his face.
(c) Used faith healing.
(d) Cleansed his aura.

2. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?
(a) A woman sells her soul to the devil.
(b) An Irish man wants to be English.
(c) A Catholic priest is the villain.
(d) A man beats a woman.

3. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?
(a) Greek.
(b) Magic.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

4. What two things did Yeats say were separate entities?
(a) Politics and Government.
(b) History and the Past.
(c) Poetry and Literature.
(d) Philosophy and Spiritualism.

5. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?
(a) She was much too young for him.
(b) She was much too old for him.
(c) She was too good for him.
(d) She was engaged to another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?

2. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?

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

4. What did most of the theaters in Ireland perform plays for?

5. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?

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