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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Yeats get his limited knowledge of Sweden?
(a) New from friends.
(b) Passengers on the boat.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Books.

2. What word did Yeats use to describe Maud?
(a) Insane.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Beautiful.

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

4. What two things did Yeats say were separate entities?
(a) Politics and Government.
(b) Philosophy and Spiritualism.
(c) History and the Past.
(d) Poetry and Literature.

5. What was Maud's occupation?
(a) Artist.
(b) Actress.
(c) Poet.
(d) Activist.

6. Why did the award winners return to their seats backwards after getting their prizes?
(a) To show their respect for the future.
(b) To avoid turning their backs to the Royal Family.
(c) To avoid seeing how large the audience was.
(d) To keep from falling down the stairs.

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

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

9. Why was Yeats mad when the death of another writer got more attention than the death of Synge?
(a) The writer was not as good as Synge.
(b) The other writer had wronged Synge.
(c) The other writer was a felon.
(d) The other writer was not from Ireland.

10. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?
(a) Their plot line was so intricate.
(b) They were fast and professional.
(c) They wrote all day long.
(d) They were open to critiques.

11. Which of the following was NOT a gift given to Yeats by Lady Gregory?
(a) Money.
(b) Pen set.
(c) Encouraging letters.
(d) Leather chair.

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

13. Why was Yeats hesitant to put Synge's last play on the stage?
(a) It was personal to him.
(b) It was not finished.
(c) He was intimidated by its depth.
(d) He was dealing with his grief.

14. Who was being considered for the Nobel Prize along with Yeats?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Melville.
(c) Kipling.
(d) Herr Man.

15. How did Yeats feel when he was around Lady Gregory?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Gallant.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Relaxed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?

2. What was Maud doing when she needed protection?

3. What did Moore do that made Yeats incredibly upset?

4. What did Synge accept just before he died?

5. What did Yeats talk about at the Royal Academy of Sweden?

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