Autobiographies Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Autobiographies Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?
(a) Opium.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Insanity.

2. How did Yeats feel as he learned more about his spiritual psyche?
(a) Amazed.
(b) Confused.
(c) Interested.
(d) Scared.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?
(a) Greek and Latin.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Arithmetic.

10. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?
(a) The Drifters.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The Masters.
(d) The Floaters.

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

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

13. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?
(a) He would be in a shipwreck.
(b) He would lose his business.
(c) He would cut his hand.
(d) He would wear a strange hat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

2. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?

3. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?

4. Where did Yeats's grandparents live?

5. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?

(see the answer keys)

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