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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 say caused comedy in literature?
(a) Satirical truths.
(b) Inarticulated desires.
(c) Folly and Foils.
(d) Clash of character.

2. Which part of education did Yeats think was insufficient?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Grammar.
(d) History.

3. What did Yeats say was invulnerable to misinterpretation?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Religious Doctrine.
(c) Personal Belief.
(d) Internal thoughts.

4. What did Davitt think politicians could not understand?
(a) Finances.
(b) Peasants.
(c) International matters.
(d) Logic.

5. What was Maud's occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Activist.
(c) Artist.
(d) Actress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Yeats win the Nobel Prize?

2. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?

3. What did most of the theaters in Ireland perform plays for?

4. What did Yeats say gave poetic words passion?

5. What kind of person did Yeats say the public did not understand about artists?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yeats say the duty of the writer was?

2. Who was Michael Davitt?

3. What did Yeats say was ruining the Ireland he loved?

4. What two things was Yeats adamant about remaining separate from each other?

5. What did Yeats want to ask of Synge before his death, and why didn't he?

6. What did Lady Gregory do for Yeats?

7. What did Yeats say was the main difference between religion and spirituality?

8. What was Yeats usually feeling when he wrote in his diaries?

9. What did Moore do that irritated Yeats most of all?

10. What did Yeats write about in his letters to Lady Gregory?

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