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

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

3. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?
(a) He would wear a strange hat.
(b) He would be in a shipwreck.
(c) He would cut his hand.
(d) He would lose his business.

4. What did Lady Gregory help Yeats become?
(a) Disciplined.
(b) Calm.
(c) Patient.
(d) Healthy.

5. Where did Yeats write about how his work made him feel?
(a) His poems.
(b) His plays.
(c) His diary.
(d) His letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a short story about a man questioning God about life?

2. What did Yeats want to ask his best friend permission to do?

3. How did Yeats cure a boy?

4. Why did a schoolmate teach Yeats to box?

5. What playwright did Yeats enjoy when he returned to Bedford Park?

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