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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 got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?
(a) His father's rigidness.
(b) The teaching of a college professor.
(c) Dreams from his youth.
(d) Strange childhood events.

2. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?
(a) Express himself.
(b) Have visions.
(c) Think philosophically.
(d) Write.

3. What did Symons dream about when he was living with Yeats?
(a) A ship.
(b) A tree.
(c) A burning flag.
(d) A beautiful woman.

4. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?
(a) The Masters.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The Floaters.
(d) The Drifters.

5. Who reminded Yeats of his grandfather?
(a) Henley.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Dowden.
(d) William Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?

2. How did Yeats think a writer should learn to write about different kinds of people?

3. How was Yeats's sponsor familiar with Mysticism?

4. What did Yeats compare poetry to?

5. Which part of education did Yeats think was insufficient?

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