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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trembling of the Veil, Book IV. The Tragic Generation,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Fight for his rights.
(c) Continue writing.
(d) Make an apology letter.

2. What caused Johnson to be poor and destitute?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Opium.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Insanity.

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

4. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

5. What did Yeats see that visions affected?
(a) People's dreams.
(b) People's moods.
(c) People's health.
(d) People's thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yeats cure a boy?

2. What word did Yeats use to describe his medium?

3. Who died while Wilde was in prison?

4. Who taught Yeats what he taught his sponsor?

5. What strange idea did Henley embrace just before his death?

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