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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moore and Yeats do when they worked on plays together?
(a) Drink.
(b) Fight.
(c) Collaborate.
(d) Laugh.

2. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?
(a) It was on the road to perfection.
(b) It was very original.
(c) It was too ornamental.
(d) It sounded like a stranger's voice.

3. 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 was a felon.
(c) The other writer was not from Ireland.
(d) The other writer had wronged Synge.

4. What did Davitt think politicians could not understand?
(a) International matters.
(b) Logic.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Finances.

5. Which part of education did Yeats think was insufficient?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Literature.
(d) Grammar.

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

7. What did Synge say helped him reach his acceptance?
(a) Visions from a friend.
(b) The marriage of his son.
(c) Letters from his daughter.
(d) The publication of his book.

8. 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) Get critiques from different kinds of people.
(d) Write for more than one group of people.

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

10. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?
(a) A woman sells her soul to the devil.
(b) A Catholic priest is the villain.
(c) A man beats a woman.
(d) An Irish man wants to be English.

11. What did Moore want to become involved in?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Writing.
(d) Acting.

12. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?
(a) Go to prison.
(b) Get sick.
(c) Write volumes and volumes.
(d) Die.

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

14. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?
(a) Walking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Yeats compare poetry to?

3. What was Moore's occupation?

4. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?

5. What did Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?

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