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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 was Johnson's biggest vice?
(a) He used opium.
(b) He was addicted to caffeine.
(c) He was prejudiced.
(d) He was an alcoholic.

2. Who did Yeats stay with in Paris?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Shaw.
(c) MacGregor.
(d) Wilde.

3. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?
(a) A dead mother.
(b) To ignite his imagination.
(c) A lost love.
(d) A pointless life.

4. How was Yeats's sponsor familiar with Mysticism?
(a) He was a faith healer.
(b) He had a second-sighted maid.
(c) He was familiar with Yeats's medium.
(d) He had seen his mother raised from the dead.

5. What did Yeats think every man had the ability to do?
(a) Write.
(b) Think philosophically.
(c) Express himself.
(d) Have visions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yeats feel as he learned more about his spiritual psyche?

2. Where did Yeats start the National Literary Society?

3. What was MacGregor studying when Yeats met him?

4. What was O'Grady's first name?

5. What would Yeats and his sponsor do while they discussed what Yeats taught him?

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