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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 impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?
(a) They were fast and professional.
(b) Their plot line was so intricate.
(c) They were open to critiques.
(d) They wrote all day long.

2. What did Lady Gregory help Yeats become?
(a) Patient.
(b) Disciplined.
(c) Calm.
(d) Healthy.

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

4. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?
(a) Bedfield Park.
(b) Sligo.
(c) London.
(d) Dublin.

5. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?
(a) MacGregor.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Henley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?

2. What season did Yeats like to spend with Lady Gregory?

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

4. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?

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

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