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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Fascinating.
(c) Unbelievable.
(d) Incredible.

3. Who did Shaw blame when his play was received badly?
(a) The producers.
(b) The government.
(c) The actors.
(d) The audience.

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

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

6. What was Taylor gifted at?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Painting.

7. Where was Rhys from?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

8. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Catholic.

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

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

11. 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) Limited their own recitations.
(d) Shared their own.

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

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

14. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?
(a) Magic.
(b) Religion.
(c) Greek.
(d) Philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats compare the phases of literature to?

2. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

3. How did Davidson die?

4. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?

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

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