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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Yeats say the world was too preoccupied with?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Religion.
(c) Their jobs.
(d) Material things.

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

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

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

12. Why was Yeats afraid to ask his best friend permission for something he wanted to do?
(a) He did not want to hurt his feelings.
(b) He knew he would be denied.
(c) He did not want to reveal the thoughts of death.
(d) He did not want to make him worry needlessly.

13. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?
(a) A new house.
(b) A literary society.
(c) A publishing firm.
(d) A theater.

14. What did Yeats say the public lacked?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Logic.
(c) Forsight.
(d) Symbolism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did Yeats win the Nobel Prize?

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

4. Who did Yeats think deserved his Nobel Prize more than himself?

5. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?

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