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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 meet MacGregor?

2. What happened that made Henley deeply depressed?

3. What was Yeats's grandfather's occupation?

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

5. Who was the president of the Literary Society?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the theosophists feel about Mr. Russel?

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

10. What helped Yeats find his own voice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the biography change the style of the narration?

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