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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book II. Ireland after Parnell,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Yeats's father move to England?
(a) To give his son an education.
(b) To visit a relative.
(c) To collect an inheritance.
(d) To pursue his art.

2. Who reminded Yeats of his grandfather?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Henley.
(c) William Morris.
(d) Dowden.

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

4. Which lessons did Yeats's father think were the most important for his son to learn?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) History.
(c) Greek and Latin.
(d) Literature.

5. Why was Yeats happy that O'Leary was dead before Playboy of the Western World was presented?
(a) He would have been obessed with it.
(b) He would have tried to change it.
(c) He would have taken credit for it.
(d) He would have hated it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?

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

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

4. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?

5. Who did Yeats live with when he started the National Literary Society?

(see the answer key)

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