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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 did Yeats say the public lacked?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Forsight.
(d) Logic.

2. What did Synge accept just before he died?
(a) His impending death.
(b) His lack of success.
(c) His belief in God.
(d) His estrangement from society.

3. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To collect an inheritance.
(b) To give his son an education.
(c) To visit a relative.
(d) To pursue his art.

4. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?
(a) Rhys.
(b) Synge.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Ibsen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?

2. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?

3. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

4. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?

5. Which theater showed Synge's last play?

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