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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 Synge accept just before he died?
(a) His estrangement from society.
(b) His lack of success.
(c) His impending death.
(d) His belief in God.

2. What kind of person did Yeats say the public did not understand about artists?
(a) Their struggle.
(b) Their genius.
(c) Their process.
(d) Their motives.

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

4. What did Yeats say made Moore's writing improve?
(a) His love affairs.
(b) His time in the company of writers.
(c) His time in the theater.
(d) His criticism.

5. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Walking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the award winners return to their seats backwards after getting their prizes?

2. What did Lady Gregory help Yeats become?

3. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?

4. What did Lady Gregory want Yeats to stop writing?

5. Who got mad at Moore when his plays became popular?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What kind of speeches did Maud give when Yeats accompanied her?

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

9. What was so controversial about Countess Cathleen?

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

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