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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Irish Dramatic Movement: A Lecture delivered to the Royal Academy of Sweden,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Taylor gifted at?
(a) Singing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Writing.

2. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

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

4. Why did the award winners return to their seats backwards after getting their prizes?
(a) To avoid seeing how large the audience was.
(b) To show their respect for the future.
(c) To avoid turning their backs to the Royal Family.
(d) To keep from falling down the stairs.

5. Who was the president of the Literary Society?
(a) MacGregor.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) O'Leary.
(d) Henley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things did Yeats say were separate entities?

2. Where did Yeats start the National Literary Society?

3. Who reminded Yeats of his grandfather?

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

5. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?

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