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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What helped Yeats break free from imitating his father's style?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) A talk with a teacher.
(d) A dream.

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

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

5. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Sligo.
(d) Bedfield Park.

6. How was Yeats's first play that was performed in England received?
(a) Richly.
(b) Very well.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) Poorly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?

2. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?

3. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?

4. What did Yeats's mother think people in London indulged too much in?

5. What did Yeats often think of his father's opinion?

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