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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 say was threatening the best parts of Ireland?

2. Which theater showed Synge's last play?

3. What did Synge accept just before he died?

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

5. Who wrote Countess Cathleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the public treat Maud?

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

5. How did Yeats feel about literature education?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Power and Greed were two common themes in this book. Where did they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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