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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 Moore want to become involved in?

2. How did most of Synge's friends view his acceptance?

3. What did Yeats say gave poetic words passion?

4. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?

5. What did Lady Gregory want Yeats to stop writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What two things was Yeats adamant about remaining separate from each other?

4. What did Yeats say the duty of the writer was?

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

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

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

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

9. How did Yeats feel about literature education?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Yeats and Synge are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two authors.

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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