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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. Which of the following was NOT a gift given to Yeats by Lady Gregory?
(a) Encouraging letters.
(b) Leather chair.
(c) Pen set.
(d) Money.

2. What two things did Yeats say were separate entities?
(a) Poetry and Literature.
(b) History and the Past.
(c) Politics and Government.
(d) Philosophy and Spiritualism.

3. What did Yeats say his work made him feel?
(a) Entanglement.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Exasperations.
(d) Estrangement.

4. What did Synge say helped him reach his acceptance?
(a) The publication of his book.
(b) The marriage of his son.
(c) Visions from a friend.
(d) Letters from his daughter.

5. What kind of college did Hyde attend?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Yeats credit for advancing his idea to build a theater?

2. What did Yeats say the world was too preoccupied with?

3. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?

4. What was the name of Yeats's theater?

5. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

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