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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats compare the phases of literature to?
(a) A growing child.
(b) The age of man.
(c) The moon.
(d) The seasons in a year.

2. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?
(a) Drink in a tavern.
(b) Take long walks.
(c) Sit in chairs.
(d) Fish in the stream.

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

4. What did Yeats pursue when he gave up physical pleasures?
(a) History.
(b) Literature.
(c) Spiritualism.
(d) Wisdom.

5. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To collect an inheritance.
(b) To pursue his art.
(c) To visit a relative.
(d) To give his son an education.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What was the boy that Yeats cured sick with?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Small pox.

13. Who sponsored Yeats's books after the Society didn't?
(a) His old teacher.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?

2. What did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?

3. What was the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?

4. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

5. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

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