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William Butler Yeats
  • 1. In what year was William Butler Yeats born?
A) 1875
B) 1865
C) 1880
D) 1850
  • 2. Which literary movement did Yeats belong to?
A) Surrealism
B) Modernism
C) Irish Literary Revival
D) Romanticism
  • 3. What was the nationality of Yeats?
A) American
B) British
C) Scottish
D) Irish
  • 4. Who was Yeats' muse and lover, inspiring much of his poetry?
A) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
B) Margaret Atwood
C) Maud Gonne
D) Virginia Woolf
  • 5. Which historical event greatly influenced Yeats' work and led to the poem 'Easter, 1916'?
A) Easter Rising
B) French Revolution
C) American Civil War
D) Reign of Terror
  • 6. Where did W.B. Yeats live in his later years, now a museum dedicated to him?
A) Glenveagh Castle
B) Thoor Ballylee
C) Stratford-upon-Avon
D) Tintern Abbey
  • 7. What is the title of Yeats' last poetry collection, published posthumously?
A) Leaves of Grass
B) Last Poems and Two Plays
C) Collected Poems
D) The Waste Land
  • 8. In which Irish city was Yeats born?
A) Dublin
B) Belfast
C) Limerick
D) Galway
  • 9. Yeats was notable for his involvement in which magical order?
A) Illuminati
B) Freemasons
C) Knights Templar
D) Golden Dawn
  • 10. What is the full name of the collection commonly known as Yeats's first poetry collection?
A) Leaves of Grass
B) The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems
C) Under the Moon
D) In Memory of W.B. Yeats
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