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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. What did Yeats and Kady Gregory do to change the theater rule in Ireland?

2. What did Yeats want to ask his best friend permission to do?

3. What did Synge say helped him reach his acceptance?

4. What did Yeats talk about at the Royal Academy of Sweden?

5. What was referenced many times in Synge's last play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things was Yeats adamant about remaining separate from each other?

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

3. Who was Michael Davitt?

4. What did Lady Gregory do for Yeats?

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

6. How did Synge feel about his impending death, and how was this viewed by his friends?

7. What happened when Yeats got to Stockholm, and how did he feel about this?

8. What did Yeats want to ask of Synge before his death, and why didn't he?

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

10. What was Yeats thinking about while he was being presented to the Royal Family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 3

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

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