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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. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) An advertising company.
(d) An art school.

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

3. Where did Yeats's grandparents live?
(a) Sligo.
(b) Slitho.
(c) Slitto.
(d) Slingo.

4. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Theosophism.
(c) Cabbalistic symbols.
(d) Socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?

2. Where was Rhys from?

3. What strange thing did Johnson do when he met Yeats?

4. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?

5. How was Russell seen among the theosophists?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Yeats start his interest in spiritual things?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

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

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