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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 did the members of the Rhymer's Club do to support each other's work?
(a) Bought copies of their books.
(b) Shared their own.
(c) Offered critiques.
(d) Limited their own recitations.

2. How was Yeats's sponsor familiar with Mysticism?
(a) He was a faith healer.
(b) He had a second-sighted maid.
(c) He had seen his mother raised from the dead.
(d) He was familiar with Yeats's medium.

3. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Wilde.
(c) Rhys.
(d) Synge.

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

5. How did Yeats feel as he learned more about his spiritual psyche?
(a) Scared.
(b) Confused.
(c) Interested.
(d) Amazed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?

2. Where was Playboy of the Western World presented?

3. How did Yeats's teacher reward him when he did well in school?

4. Where was Rhys from?

5. Whose writings did Ellis introduce Yeats to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yeats think of his first seance?

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

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

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

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

6. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

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

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

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

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

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