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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?
(a) Synge.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Wilde.

2. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?
(a) Taught him at home.
(b) Threatened him.
(c) Rewarded him.
(d) Got him a tutor.

3. What did MacGregor say could trigger thoughts?
(a) Smells.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Winds.

4. What did Yeats think his writing was full of when he met MacGregor?
(a) Copied styles.
(b) Logical flaws.
(c) Generalizations.
(d) Cliches.

5. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?
(a) Fight for his rights.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Continue writing.
(d) Make an apology letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Taylor gifted at?

2. What caused Wilde to lose respect in his writing?

3. How did Yeats cure a boy?

4. Who was the president of the Literary Society?

5. What did Yeats have visions of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the theosophists feel about Mr. Russel?

2. Who did Yeats get to be his sponsor, and what kind of man was he?

3. What did Shaw blame for the poor reception of his first play in England, and how was this received?

4. How did Yeats view Bernard Shaw after getting to know him?

5. How were Yeats's grandfathers different in their personalities?

6. What did Yeats think caused the poets he knew to be so tragic?

7. What did Henley do to help Yeats find his identity?

8. What was MacGregor obsessed with when he lived in Paris?

9. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

10. What was the story an old acquaintance told Yeats while he was in Paris?

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