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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 was president of the Young Ireland Society?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Callaghan.
(c) O'Malley.
(d) Donnaghy.

2. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To pursue his art.
(b) To give his son an education.
(c) To collect an inheritance.
(d) To visit a relative.

3. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Opium.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Insanity.

4. What kind of college did Hyde attend?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Catholic.

5. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?
(a) Make an apology letter.
(b) Continue writing.
(c) Fight for his rights.
(d) Leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?

2. What did Yeats compare the phases of literature to?

3. What was Henley's occupation?

4. How did Yeats feel as he learned more about his spiritual psyche?

5. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Yeats think of his first seance?

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

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

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

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