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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Yeats say gave poetic words passion?
(a) Belief.
(b) Despair.
(c) Lust.
(d) Love.

7. What country did Davitt want to protect?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Britain.

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

9. What was Yeats humbled by when he got to Stockholm?
(a) He heard one of his poems being quoted.
(b) He saw the man who lost the award.
(c) He saw a poster of himself.
(d) He was recognized.

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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 needed a map to read good literature.
(d) They misinterpreted literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Synge say helped him reach his acceptance?

4. Who got mad at Moore when his plays became popular?

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

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