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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. Where did Yeats's grandparents live?
(a) Slitho.
(b) Sligo.
(c) Slitto.
(d) Slingo.

2. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?
(a) Under the stars.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Old castles.
(d) Churches.

3. What did Yeats blame for his logical style?
(a) His father.
(b) His religion.
(c) His Irish descent.
(d) His grandfather.

4. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Wilde.
(c) MacGregor.
(d) O'Leary.

5. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Atheist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?

2. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?

3. What did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?

4. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?

5. Who did Shaw blame when his play was received badly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of work was considered for sponsorship in the National Literary Society?

4. Who lived across the street from Yeats when his family moved to Bedfield Park?

5. What happened when Yeats fell in love for the first time?

6. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

7. How was Yeats affected by his friendship with O'Leary?

8. What special gift did Russel have that he used to help other people?

9. How did Yeats feel about the people who joined his poetry club?

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

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