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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did most of Synge's friends view his acceptance?
(a) A sign of strength.
(b) A necessity.
(c) A weakness.
(d) A prayer answered.

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

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

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

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

6. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?
(a) Homes.
(b) Friends.
(c) Masks.
(d) Personalities.

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

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

9. What did Yeats say was invulnerable to misinterpretation?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Personal Belief.
(c) Religious Doctrine.
(d) Internal thoughts.

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

11. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Hidden thoughts.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Desire.

12. What caused Lady Gregory to move to her country estate?
(a) Her inheritance was taken away.
(b) She lost part of her fortune.
(c) Her husband died.
(d) Her son was killed.

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

14. Who got mad at Moore when his plays became popular?
(a) Martyn.
(b) Lady Gregory.
(c) Wilde.
(d) Yeats.

15. Which theater showed Synge's last play?
(a) The Longhorn International Theater.
(b) The Abby Theater.
(c) The English National Theater.
(d) The Globe Theater.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Yeats travel to Stockholm?

3. What was Synge's final play?

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

5. How was Maud treated by the public?

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