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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. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?
(a) Hidden thoughts.
(b) Desire.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Intelligence.

2. What kind of person did Yeats say the public did not understand about artists?
(a) Their genius.
(b) Their struggle.
(c) Their process.
(d) Their motives.

3. What was Maud's occupation?
(a) Actress.
(b) Activist.
(c) Artist.
(d) Poet.

4. How did Davidson die?
(a) He caught Consumption.
(b) He drowned himself.
(c) He was shot by a burglar.
(d) He hung himself.

5. What did Yeats's sponsor hate talking about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Traditional roles.
(c) Politics.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Symons dream about when he was living with Yeats?

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

3. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?

4. How was Yeats's first play that was performed in England received?

5. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?

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