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

2. What was Maud doing when she needed protection?
(a) Presenting a controversial work of art.
(b) Going on a speaking tour.
(c) Performing in a controversial play.
(d) Confronting a corrupt government official.

3. What did Yeats say his work made him feel?
(a) Estrangement.
(b) Entanglement.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Exasperations.

4. What did Yeats want to do to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Make an apology about Countess Cathleen.
(b) Have Lady Gregory give the Prologue.
(c) Hire a famous actress.
(d) Post advertisements.

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

6. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?
(a) Confused.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Angry.

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

8. What did Yeats say brought passion into paintings?
(a) The subject.
(b) God.
(c) The past.
(d) The artist.

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

10. What was Moore's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Actor.
(d) Theater owner.

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

12. What did Yeats talk about at the Royal Academy of Sweden?
(a) His childhood.
(b) His feelings about literature.
(c) Irish Theater.
(d) English History.

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

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

15. What did Moore do that made Yeats incredibly upset?
(a) Spread rumors about Lady Gregory.
(b) Imitated his writing style.
(c) Had sordid love afffairs.
(d) Took the credit for their collaborative work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davitt think politicians could not understand?

2. What was Yeats struggling to write when he met Lady Gregory?

3. Where was the Nobel Prize reception held?

4. Who did Yeats think was not appreciated during his life?

5. Why was Yeats mad when the death of another writer got more attention than the death of Synge?

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