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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 Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?

2. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?

3. What year did Yeats win the Nobel Prize?

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

5. What did Moore do that made Yeats incredibly upset?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was so controversial about Countess Cathleen?

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

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

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

10. What did Yeats say was the main difference between religion and spirituality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Yeats have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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

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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