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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Rhys from?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

2. Who did Yeats's medium call the spirits she got her information from?
(a) The Masters.
(b) The Floaters.
(c) The Gods.
(d) The Drifters.

3. Who did Yeats say was perfect in his writing?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Faulkner.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

4. What made Taylor so close to insane?
(a) His paranoia.
(b) His past experiences.
(c) His shyness.
(d) His rigid beliefs.

5. What subject was the Rhymer's club fixated on?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Religion.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Yeats see that visions affected?

3. Who was president of the Young Ireland Society?

4. What did Yeats teach his sponsor about?

5. How did Yeats feel as he learned more about his spiritual psyche?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Yeats view Bernard Shaw after getting to know him?

2. How were Yeats's grandfathers different in their personalities?

3. What did Yeats think caused the poets he knew to be so tragic?

4. What happened when Yeats fell in love for the first time?

5. Why did Wilde refuse to run away when he had the chance?

6. What special gift did Russel have that he used to help other people?

7. What did Henley do to help Yeats find his identity?

8. How did Yeats feel about the people who joined his poetry club?

9. What did Yeats think of his first seance?

10. How did Yeats's opinion of Russel change when he saw him with the theosophists?

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