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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats say was threatening the best parts of Ireland?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Unintelligence.
(d) Ignorance.

2. What did Yeats start worshiping after he was put in a trance?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The stars.

3. Who did Yeats ask to write a Gaelic play?
(a) Martyn.
(b) Maud.
(c) Hyde.
(d) Davitt.

4. Who did Yeats think deserved his Nobel Prize more than himself?
(a) Melville.
(b) Moore.
(c) Synge.
(d) Mann.

5. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?
(a) The woods.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Big cities.

6. What kind of guests did Lady Gregory like to have visit her house?
(a) Poor peasants.
(b) Family members.
(c) Artists.
(d) Irish writers.

7. How did Yeats think a writer should learn to write about different kinds of people?
(a) Write for more than one group of people.
(b) Observe different kinds of people.
(c) Live with different kinds of people.
(d) Get critiques from different kinds of people.

8. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Synge.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Moore.

9. What did Yeats want to ask his best friend permission to do?
(a) Read his journal.
(b) Finish his play.
(c) Help with his poetry.
(d) Court his daughter.

10. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Hell.
(c) Religion.
(d) Death.

11. Where did Yeats write about how his work made him feel?
(a) His letters.
(b) His plays.
(c) His poems.
(d) His diary.

12. Where was the Nobel Prize reception held?
(a) The National Convention Center.
(b) The Royal Palace.
(c) A fancy hotel.
(d) The docks.

13. What did Yeats compare poetry to?
(a) A country.
(b) A religion.
(c) A young person in love.
(d) A war with words.

14. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?
(a) Clash of character.
(b) Satirical truths.
(c) Folly and Foils.
(d) Inarticulated desires.

15. What was Yeats struggling to write when he met Lady Gregory?
(a) A novel.
(b) A poem.
(c) A short story.
(d) A play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?

2. What kind of person did Yeats say the public did not understand about artists?

3. What was Yeats humbled by when he got to Stockholm?

4. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?

5. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?

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