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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Estrangement: Extracts from a Diary Kept in 1909,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yeats say the world was too preoccupied with?
(a) Material things.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their jobs.

2. What did Yeats say his work made him feel?
(a) Exasperations.
(b) Estrangement.
(c) Entanglement.
(d) Ecstasy.

3. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?
(a) Homes.
(b) Masks.
(c) Personalities.
(d) Friends.

4. What did Yeats say the public lacked?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Logic.
(c) Forsight.
(d) Symbolism.

5. How did Yeats feel when he was around Lady Gregory?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Gallant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who almost ruined Yeats's plan to make the Gaelic play a success?

2. Who often shared Yeats's visions?

3. Where did Yeats meet MacGregor?

4. What did many of Wilde's friends encourage him to do?

5. How did Yeats feel about his writing after his first book was published?

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