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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Yeats have the chance to protect Maud Gonne?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1797.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1887.

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

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

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

6. What did some of Yeats's friends all have dreams of?
(a) War planes over head.
(b) Synge's death.
(c) The fall of the English government.
(d) Yeats's wedding.

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

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

9. Who did Yeats think was not appreciated during his life?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Synge.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Shakespeare.

10. What did Yeats say happened when people lacked the depth of a writer?
(a) They misinterpreted literature.
(b) They needed a map to read good literature.
(c) They did not appreciate symbolism.
(d) They skipped over important details.

11. What did Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?
(a) A ship.
(b) A tree.
(c) A burning flag.
(d) A beautiful woman.

12. What was the man sitting by Yeats at the reception so worried about?
(a) Being laughed at.
(b) Returning home.
(c) Making a good impression.
(d) Offending the royals.

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

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

15. How did Yeats travel to Stockholm?
(a) Bus.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats start worshiping after he was put in a trance?

2. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?

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

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

5. Where did Yeats get his limited knowledge of Sweden?

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