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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. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?

2. What did Yeats talk about at the Royal Academy of Sweden?

3. What did Yeats and Kady Gregory do to change the theater rule in Ireland?

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

5. What did Yeats say brought passion into paintings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yeats do to make the Gaelic play a success, and how was this plan almost ruined?

2. What was Yeats happy about when Synge's last play was performed?

3. How did Synge feel about his impending death, and how was this viewed by his friends?

4. What led Yeats to spend so much time with Lady Gregory?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Yeats say was ruining the Ireland he loved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four of these people and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the others around them.

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