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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 strange idea did Henley embrace just before his death?

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

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

4. What was Hyde unable to do to any artist?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yeats meet Dowden, and what did Dowden teach Yeats?

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

3. What did Yeats think caused the poets he knew to be so tragic?

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

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

6. What happened when Yeats fell in love for the first time?

7. Who did Morris remind Yeats of, and what did Morris teach Yeats?

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

9. What did Yeats think of his first seance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Yeats endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the biography change the style of the narration?

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