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

2. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Walking.
(d) Painting.

3. What did Yeats say the writer had many of?
(a) Personalities.
(b) Homes.
(c) Masks.
(d) Friends.

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

5. Why was Yeats afraid to ask his best friend permission for something he wanted to do?
(a) He did not want to make him worry needlessly.
(b) He did not want to reveal the thoughts of death.
(c) He did not want to hurt his feelings.
(d) He knew he would be denied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yeats say his work made him feel?

2. What did Yeats start worshiping after he was put in a trance?

3. What did Yeats dream about when he was living with Symons?

4. What was Synge's final play?

5. What did Yeats say was threatening the best parts of Ireland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yeats say was the main difference between religion and spirituality?

2. What was Synge's last play, and how was it received?

3. What did Yeats say the duty of the writer was?

4. What led Yeats to spend so much time with Lady Gregory?

5. What was so controversial about Countess Cathleen?

6. What did Yeats say was ruining the Ireland he loved?

7. Who was hired to write a Gaelic play for the theater, and how did Yeats view this writer?

8. What kind of speeches did Maud give when Yeats accompanied her?

9. What did Yeats do to make the Gaelic play a success, and how was this plan almost ruined?

10. What did the Nobel winners do after receiving their awards, and why?

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