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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Synge,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Maud's occupation?
(a) Artist.
(b) Activist.
(c) Actress.
(d) Poet.

2. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?
(a) Hell.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Death.
(d) Religion.

3. What did Synge accept just before he died?
(a) His lack of success.
(b) His estrangement from society.
(c) His impending death.
(d) His belief in God.

4. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?
(a) Big cities.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) The woods.
(d) The ocean.

5. What did Symons dream about when he was living with Yeats?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) A tree.
(c) A ship.
(d) A burning flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?

2. What did the theosophists talk about?

3. What did Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?

4. What was Johnson's biggest vice?

5. Where did Yeats get the starving artist a job?

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