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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. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Wilde.
(c) MacGregor.
(d) Shaw.

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

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

4. How was Yeats's sponsor familiar with Mysticism?
(a) He had a second-sighted maid.
(b) He had seen his mother raised from the dead.
(c) He was familiar with Yeats's medium.
(d) He was a faith healer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?

2. What did Synge accept just before he died?

3. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?

4. What did Yeats say was threatening the best parts of Ireland?

5. What word did Yeats use to describe Maud?

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