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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 a man tell Yeats when he was in a trance?
(a) To return to his homeland.
(b) To live by water.
(c) To travel abroad.
(d) To move to America.

2. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Relieved.

3. What season did Yeats like to spend with Lady Gregory?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

4. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?
(a) Masks.
(b) Homes.
(c) Personalities.
(d) Friends.

5. What did Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?
(a) A tree.
(b) A ship.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) A burning flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Yeats think deserved his Nobel Prize more than himself?

2. What did Synge say helped him reach his acceptance?

3. What did Yeats start worshiping after he was put in a trance?

4. How was Maud treated by the public?

5. What did Yeats say caused comedy in literature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Yeats happy about when Synge's last play was performed?

2. How did Moore act when the theater ran into financial problems?

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

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

5. How did the public treat Maud?

6. What happened when Yeats got to Stockholm, and how did he feel about this?

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

8. How did Yeats feel when he found out he was being considered for the Nobel Prize of Literature?

9. Who was Michael Davitt?

10. Who was hired to write a Gaelic play for the theater, and how did Yeats view this writer?

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