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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yeats's teacher reward him when he did well in school?
(a) Let him look at a sword.
(b) Gave him marbles.
(c) Let him run around outside for a minute.
(d) Gave him candy.

2. What did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?
(a) Bought copies of their books.
(b) Offered critiques.
(c) Shared their own.
(d) Limited their own recitations.

3. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?
(a) His new play was not well received.
(b) His daughter died.
(c) His mother fell ill.
(d) Wilde was deported.

4. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Cabbalistic symbols.
(c) Theosophism.
(d) Meditation.

5. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?
(a) An advertising company.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An art school.

6. What did MacGregor say could trigger thoughts?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Smells.
(c) Winds.
(d) Symbols.

7. What did Yeats's sponsor hate talking about?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Religion.
(d) Traditional roles.

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

9. What was Mary Battle's occupation?
(a) Artist.
(b) Fortune teller.
(c) Servant.
(d) Publisher.

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

11. What subject was the Rhymer's club fixated on?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Tragedy.

12. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Soldier.

13. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?
(a) She was too good for him.
(b) She was much too young for him.
(c) She was engaged to another man.
(d) She was much too old for him.

14. What made Taylor so close to insane?
(a) His rigid beliefs.
(b) His shyness.
(c) His past experiences.
(d) His paranoia.

15. What was Hyde unable to do to any artist?
(a) Read their work.
(b) Copy their style.
(c) Applaud them.
(d) Criticize them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Rhys from?

2. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?

3. Where was Playboy of the Western World presented?

4. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?

5. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?

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