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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. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?

2. What was O'Grady's first name?

3. What did Yeats think of most of the people who joined his poetry society?

4. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?

5. Why did Yeats's father move to England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yeats think of his first seance?

2. How did Mary Battle display her second sight before Yeats came to live at the house?

3. How did Yeats heal the boy with smallpox?

4. What did Shaw blame for the poor reception of his first play in England, and how was this received?

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

6. Why did Yeats dream of building a theater?

7. Why did Wilde refuse to run away when he had the chance?

8. How did the theosophists feel about Mr. Russel?

9. How did Yeats view Bernard Shaw after getting to know him?

10. How did Yeats's opinion of Russel change when he saw him with the theosophists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Honor was something that many of the main people were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of Yeats's life?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Yeats have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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