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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Yeats told to avoid in his trance-like state?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Big cities.
(c) The woods.
(d) Automobiles.

2. What did Yeats talk about at the Royal Academy of Sweden?
(a) His childhood.
(b) Irish Theater.
(c) His feelings about literature.
(d) English History.

3. What caused Lady Gregory to move to her country estate?
(a) Her son was killed.
(b) She lost part of her fortune.
(c) Her inheritance was taken away.
(d) Her husband died.

4. Who almost ruined Yeats's plan to make the Gaelic play a success?
(a) Lady Gregory.
(b) Moore.
(c) Martyn.
(d) Maud.

5. Who did Yeats ask to write a Gaelic play?
(a) Martyn.
(b) Davitt.
(c) Maud.
(d) Hyde.

6. What impressed Yeats about the person who wrote a Gaelic play for him?
(a) They wrote all day long.
(b) They were open to critiques.
(c) Their plot line was so intricate.
(d) They were fast and professional.

7. What was Yeats humbled by when he got to Stockholm?
(a) He was recognized.
(b) He saw a poster of himself.
(c) He saw the man who lost the award.
(d) He heard one of his poems being quoted.

8. What did Yeats say brought passion into paintings?
(a) God.
(b) The subject.
(c) The past.
(d) The artist.

9. What did Moore and Yeats do when they worked on plays together?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Collaborate.
(c) Drink.
(d) Fight.

10. What year did Yeats win the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1923.

11. Which part of education did Yeats think was insufficient?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

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

13. What season did Yeats like to spend with Lady Gregory?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

14. What was Synge's final play?
(a) Delilah of the Street.
(b) Darlene of the Secrets.
(c) Deborah of the Sun.
(d) Deidre of the Sorrows.

15. Which of the following was NOT a gift given to Yeats by Lady Gregory?
(a) Money.
(b) Encouraging letters.
(c) Leather chair.
(d) Pen set.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yeats mad when the death of another writer got more attention than the death of Synge?

2. Which theater showed Synge's last play?

3. Why was Yeats afraid to ask his best friend permission for something he wanted to do?

4. Who was being considered for the Nobel Prize along with Yeats?

5. How did most of Synge's friends view his acceptance?

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