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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 was Moore's occupation?

2. What caused Lady Gregory to move to her country estate?

3. What did Lady Gregory help Yeats become?

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

5. What did Yeats say was invulnerable to misinterpretation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the public treat Maud?

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

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

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

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

8. What was Synge's last play, and how was it received?

9. What happened when Yeats got to Stockholm, and how did he feel about this?

10. What did Moore do that irritated Yeats most of all?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of people. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the people included in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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