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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. How did Davidson die?
(a) He caught Consumption.
(b) He drowned himself.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He was shot by a burglar.

2. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Greek.
(c) Magic.
(d) Religion.

3. What did Yeats compare the phases of literature to?
(a) The moon.
(b) The age of man.
(c) A growing child.
(d) The seasons in a year.

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

5. What made Taylor so close to insane?
(a) His rigid beliefs.
(b) His shyness.
(c) His past experiences.
(d) His paranoia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

2. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?

3. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?

4. What happened to make Yeats interested in religion?

5. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Yeats get to be his sponsor, and what kind of man was he?

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

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

4. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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