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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?
(a) To find something he could excel at.
(b) To help him defend himself from bullies.
(c) To make better friends.
(d) To help him train for an event.

2. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Wilde.
(c) Shaw.
(d) MacGregor.

3. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?
(a) Donnaghy.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Callaghan.
(d) O'Malley.

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

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

6. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The follower.
(c) The leader.
(d) The sponsor.

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

8. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?
(a) MacGregor.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Henley.
(d) Russel.

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

10. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?
(a) Generalizations.
(b) Copied styles.
(c) Cliches.
(d) Logical flaws.

11. Who was the president of the Literary Society?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Henley.
(c) O'Leary.
(d) MacGregor.

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

13. How was Yeats's sponsor familiar with Mysticism?
(a) He was a faith healer.
(b) He had a second-sighted maid.
(c) He was familiar with Yeats's medium.
(d) He had seen his mother raised from the dead.

14. How did Yeats cure a boy?
(a) Used faith healing.
(b) Cleansed his aura.
(c) Had him stare at a symbol.
(d) Painted symbols on his face.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats's fellow poets use to analyze their poetry?

2. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?

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

4. What made Taylor so close to insane?

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

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