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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?
(a) He would be in a shipwreck.
(b) He would lose his business.
(c) He would cut his hand.
(d) He would wear a strange hat.

2. What did Yeats's fellow poets use to analyze their poetry?
(a) Logic.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Description.
(d) Spirituality.

3. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?
(a) A dead mother.
(b) To ignite his imagination.
(c) A pointless life.
(d) A lost love.

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

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

6. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?
(a) The British Museum.
(b) The green park.
(c) An Aviary.
(d) A church yard.

7. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?
(a) The Literary Works Guild.
(b) The Rhymer's Club.
(c) The Poet's Corner.
(d) The Poetry Circuit.

8. Where did the Yeats family move after they lived in Dublin?
(a) Fairfax Landing.
(b) Canterville Chase.
(c) Mansfield Place.
(d) Bedfield Park.

9. What was Johnson's biggest vice?
(a) He used opium.
(b) He was addicted to caffeine.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) He was prejudiced.

10. How did Hyde promote Irish literature?
(a) He translated old work.
(b) He attended all assemblies for Irish work.
(c) He wrote about Irish legends.
(d) He went on campaigns.

11. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Fight for his rights.
(c) Continue writing.
(d) Make an apology letter.

12. Where was Playboy of the Western World presented?
(a) Abby Theater.
(b) Dublin's Theater.
(c) Irish Center Theater.
(d) The National Theater.

13. Who did Yeats live with while in London?
(a) Henley.
(b) Symons.
(c) Kipling.
(d) Davidson.

14. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?

2. What was Mary Battle's occupation?

3. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?

4. Where did Yeats start the National Literary Society?

5. Why did the starving artist refuse the job that Yeats found for her?

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