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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 say his work made him feel?

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

3. What did Yeats say a writer had to do to be appreciated?

4. What does Yeats say most people find in poetry?

5. What was the man sitting by Yeats at the reception so worried about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lady Gregory do for Yeats?

2. What was so controversial about Countess Cathleen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Michael Davitt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Freedom was a crucial theme and symbol in this book. How was this theme presented, and how did its place in this plot affect the main people in Yeats's life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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