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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. What happened to make Yeats interested in religion?
(a) He read the Bible.
(b) His brother died.
(c) He met a preacher.
(d) He saw a pretty girl entering a church.

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

3. What did the general's nephew ask to not be served during a visit?
(a) Beef.
(b) Fish.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pork.

4. What political belief did Yeats begin to explore after his move from Dublin?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Socialism.

5. What did MacGregor teach Yeats about?
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Theology.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Symbolism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange idea did Henley embrace just before his death?

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

3. Who often shared Yeats's visions?

4. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?

5. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

6. What did Yeats realize while watching his daughter when he was an older man?

7. Who did Morris remind Yeats of, and what did Morris teach Yeats?

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

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

10. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

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