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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book III. Hodos Chameliontos,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Johnson's religious beliefs?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Catholic.

2. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Soldier.

3. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?
(a) Sail small boats.
(b) Swim.
(c) Walk the trail by the river.
(d) Listen to his grandmother.

4. Whose writings did Ellis introduce Yeats to?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Blake.
(d) Donne.

5. Where did the Yeats family move after they lived in Dublin?
(a) Mansfield Place.
(b) Fairfax Landing.
(c) Bedfield Park.
(d) Canterville Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?

2. Why did the starving artist refuse the job that Yeats found for her?

3. How did Yeats's teacher reward him when he did well in school?

4. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?

5. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?

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