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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Irish Dramatic Movement: A Lecture delivered to the Royal Academy of Sweden,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Yeats never express his feelings the first time he fell in love?
(a) She was engaged to another man.
(b) She was much too young for him.
(c) She was much too old for him.
(d) She was too good for him.

2. Who did Yeats watch react to instincts when he was an older man?
(a) His son.
(b) His servant.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

3. Where did Yeats like to sleep at night while in Dublin?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) Old castles.
(c) Churches.
(d) Under the stars.

4. What did the theosophists talk about?
(a) Art.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Literature.

5. When did Yeats have the chance to protect Maud Gonne?
(a) 1797.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1887.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?

2. Where did the Yeats family move after they lived in Dublin?

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

4. Who did Yeats think deserved his Nobel Prize more than himself?

5. What kind of guests did Lady Gregory like to have visit her house?

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