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

2. Whose writings did Ellis introduce Yeats to?
(a) Blake.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Donne.

3. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Soldier.

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

5. Who was the president of the Literary Society?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) O'Leary.
(c) Henley.
(d) MacGregor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MacGregor teach Yeats about?

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

3. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Mary Battle display her second sight before Yeats came to live at the house?

6. How did Yeats meet Dowden, and what did Dowden teach Yeats?

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

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

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

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

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