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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 was Yeats humbled by when he got to Stockholm?
(a) He heard one of his poems being quoted.
(b) He saw a poster of himself.
(c) He was recognized.
(d) He saw the man who lost the award.

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

3. What did Yeats say the world was too preoccupied with?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their jobs.
(c) Material things.
(d) Religion.

4. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?
(a) Write volumes and volumes.
(b) Get sick.
(c) Die.
(d) Go to prison.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Yeats want to ask his best friend permission to do?

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

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

5. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Yeats thinking about while he was being presented to the Royal Family?

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

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

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

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

7. What did the Nobel winners do after receiving their awards, and why?

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

9. What was Yeats told while in a trance?

10. Who was Michael Davitt?

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