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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 taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Russel.
(c) MacGregor.
(d) Henley.

2. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?
(a) He would have tried to change it.
(b) He would have taken credit for it.
(c) He would have hated it.
(d) He would have been obessed with it.

3. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?
(a) His daughter died.
(b) His new play was not well received.
(c) Wilde was deported.
(d) His mother fell ill.

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

5. What was Mary Battle's occupation?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Servant.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

2. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?

3. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?

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

5. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

2. How did Yeats feel about Oscar Wilde when he met the famous author?

3. How did Hyde and O'Grady help to promote Irish literature?

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

5. How did Yeats feel when he learned more about his spiritual side?

6. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

7. Why did Wilde refuse to run away when he had the chance?

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

9. How did Yeats feel when he started seeing a medium to help him discover his character?

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

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