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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yeats's sponsor live?

2. What did Yeats's father do to get Yeats to improve his studies after moving to Dublin?

3. What did Yeats once predict about his grandfather?

4. What did Yeats say got him interested in studying what he taught his sponsor?

5. What was the name of the poetry society Yeats formed with Rhys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of work was considered for sponsorship in the National Literary Society?

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

3. What did Yeats realize while watching his daughter when he was an older man?

4. How did Yeats feel when he learned more about his spiritual side?

5. Who lived across the street from Yeats when his family moved to Bedfield Park?

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

7. When did Yeats start his interest in spiritual things?

8. How did Yeats feel when he started seeing a medium to help him discover his character?

9. Who did Yeats get to be his sponsor, and what kind of man was he?

10. How did Yeats meet Dowden, and what did Dowden teach Yeats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freedom was a crucial theme and symbol in this book. How was this theme presented, and how did its place in this plot affect the main people in Yeats's life?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Yeats and Synge are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two authors.

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