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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. What did Yeats like to do most when he visited his grandparents?
(a) Listen to his grandmother.
(b) Swim.
(c) Sail small boats.
(d) Walk the trail by the river.

2. How did Yeats feel when Synge's death went unnoticed?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Angry.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Confused.

3. What did Lady Gregory promise to help Yeats raise money for?
(a) A publishing firm.
(b) A new house.
(c) A literary society.
(d) A theater.

4. Why was Yeats mad when the death of another writer got more attention than the death of Synge?
(a) The other writer had wronged Synge.
(b) The writer was not as good as Synge.
(c) The other writer was not from Ireland.
(d) The other writer was a felon.

5. What happened to make Yeats interested in religion?
(a) His brother died.
(b) He met a preacher.
(c) He read the Bible.
(d) He saw a pretty girl entering a church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only thing Yeats's grandmother ever punished him for?

2. Why did the starving artist refuse the job that Yeats found for her?

3. Why did Dowson say he drank so much?

4. Who died while Wilde was in prison?

5. What kind of plays were first done at Yeats's theater?

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