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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 did Davitt think politicians could not understand?
(a) Finances.
(b) Logic.
(c) International matters.
(d) Peasants.

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

3. Who did Yeats want to see his plays?
(a) The uneducated.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) The average man.
(d) The would-be writers.

4. Which part of education did Yeats think was insufficient?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Grammar.

5. Which theater showed Synge's last play?
(a) The Abby Theater.
(b) The Longhorn International Theater.
(c) The Globe Theater.
(d) The English National Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?

2. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?

3. What did Yeats have visions of?

4. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?

5. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?

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