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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The sponsor.
(c) The leader.
(d) The follower.

2. How did Davidson die?
(a) He caught Consumption.
(b) He was shot by a burglar.
(c) He drowned himself.
(d) He hung himself.

3. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?
(a) His servant.
(b) His son.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

4. What did Yeats see that visions affected?
(a) People's thoughts.
(b) People's moods.
(c) People's dreams.
(d) People's health.

5. Who often shared Yeats's visions?
(a) His wife.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Mary.
(d) His daughter.

6. What was the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?
(a) Swearing in front of a girl.
(b) Having a snack too close to bedtime.
(c) Breaking a dish.
(d) Taking the Lord's name in vain.

7. What was Henley's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Artist.
(d) Poet.

8. What was O'Grady's first name?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Standish.
(c) Stramish.
(d) Stephen.

9. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?
(a) He would have been obessed with it.
(b) He would have hated it.
(c) He would have taken credit for it.
(d) He would have tried to change it.

10. What strange idea did Henley embrace just before his death?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Magic.
(d) Religion.

11. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?
(a) Under the stars.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Churches.
(d) Old castles.

12. What did Yeats blame for his logical style?
(a) His father.
(b) His religion.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His Irish descent.

13. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Synge.

14. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?
(a) Have visions.
(b) Express himself.
(c) Write.
(d) Think philosophically.

15. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?
(a) His bad reputation.
(b) His lunacy.
(c) His arrest.
(d) His sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?

2. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?

3. Why did Yeats's father move to England?

4. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?

5. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?

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