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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 caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?
(a) His bad reputation.
(b) His lunacy.
(c) His arrest.
(d) His sickness.

2. What did most of the theaters in Ireland perform plays for?
(a) Food and other trade goods.
(b) Donations.
(c) High charges.
(d) Charity.

3. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?
(a) Pork.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Beef.
(d) Fish.

4. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?
(a) It was on the road to perfection.
(b) It sounded like a stranger's voice.
(c) It was too ornamental.
(d) It was very original.

5. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?
(a) Masks.
(b) Friends.
(c) Homes.
(d) Personalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnson's biggest vice?

2. What did Yeats often think of his father's opinion?

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

4. What caused Lady Gregory to move to her country estate?

5. Who did Shaw blame when his play was received badly?

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