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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MacGregor teach Yeats about?

2. What did Yeats have visions of?

3. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?

4. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?

5. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

2. How did Yeats feel about the people who joined his poetry club?

3. What did Henley do to help Yeats find his identity?

4. What kind of work was considered for sponsorship in the National Literary Society?

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

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

7. How did Yeats feel when he learned more about his spiritual side?

8. What special gift did Russel have that he used to help other people?

9. How did Yeats heal the boy with smallpox?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Many different people in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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