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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 two things did Yeats say were separate entities?
(a) Poetry and Literature.
(b) Philosophy and Spiritualism.
(c) Politics and Government.
(d) History and the Past.

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

3. Who did Yeats think was not appreciated during his life?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Synge.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Shaw.

4. Which theater showed Synge's last play?
(a) The Abby Theater.
(b) The Longhorn International Theater.
(c) The English National Theater.
(d) The Globe Theater.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the most controversial part of Countess Cathleen?

3. What was Yeats struggling to write when he met Lady Gregory?

4. What did Yeats's brother spend much of his time doing?

5. What did Yeats say was invulnerable to misinterpretation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Moore act when the theater ran into financial problems?

3. How did Yeats feel when he found out he was being considered for the Nobel Prize of Literature?

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

5. Who was Michael Davitt?

6. What was so controversial about Countess Cathleen?

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

8. What was Yeats told while in a trance?

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

10. What was Yeats happy about when Synge's last play was performed?

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