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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 were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

2. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?
(a) Threatened him.
(b) Rewarded him.
(c) Got him a tutor.
(d) Taught him at home.

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

4. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?
(a) To help him train for an event.
(b) To help him defend himself from bullies.
(c) To find something he could excel at.
(d) To make better friends.

5. What did MacGregor say could trigger thoughts?
(a) Winds.
(b) Smells.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats's fellow poets use to analyze their poetry?

2. What was Taylor gifted at?

3. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?

4. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?

5. What did MacGregor teach Yeats about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yeats's opinion of Russel change when he saw him with the theosophists?

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

3. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened when Yeats fell in love for the first time?

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

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