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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 get his limited knowledge of Sweden?

2. How did Yeats travel to Stockholm?

3. Where was the Nobel Prize reception held?

4. What did Moore want to become involved in?

5. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the public treat Maud?

2. What did Lady Gregory do for Yeats?

3. How did Yeats feel when he found out he was being considered for the Nobel Prize of Literature?

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

5. How did Moore act when the theater ran into financial problems?

6. What kind of speeches did Maud give when Yeats accompanied her?

7. Who was Michael Davitt?

8. What was Yeats usually feeling when he wrote in his diaries?

9. What was Yeats told while in a trance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

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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