1 Where did the Easter Rising take place? Dublin Belfast Sligo London 2 What was Yeats's attitude towards the Easter Rising? Ambivalent Indifferent Strongly against Completely supportive 3 What did the Irish Republicans want? A Protestant Northern Ireland Reinstatement of Gaelic as the official language Unification with England An independent Ireland 4 Before the Easter Rising, what was the speaker's relationship with the rebels? He made fun of them He supported them financially They worked at the same offices He despised all of them equally 5 According to them poem, what has "excess of love" done to the rebels? Fooled them Killed them Weakened them Bewildered them 6 “He had done most bitter wrong/To some who are near my heart.” To whom do these lines refer? John MacBridge Thomas MacDonagh Patrick Pearse Maud Gonne 7 Whose "sweet voice" turned "shrill"? Maud Gonne Patrick Pearse John MacBridge Constance Gore-Booth Markievicz 8 What does the use of "motley" show in the poem? The speaker thinks that everything is confused The speaker thinks that everything was bright and beautiful The speaker thinks that there is no hope The speaker thinks everyone was slightly ridiculous 9 The "stone" is a metaphor for what? God The heart of the revolutionary The inability to love The weapons used during the Easter Rising 10 Which is NOT given as an example of "change" in the poem? Horse Stone Cloud Stream 11 What does the line “England may keep faith" mean? England will abandon its colonies throughout the world England will stop taxing Ireland England may grant Ireland independence England will return to Catholicism 12 Death is compared to what in the poem? Sleep Nightmare Stone Birth 13 Green is a symbol for ____? Guerrilla war Ireland Change Nature 14 The poem is about events in 1916, but when did Yeats first publish it in a book? 1921 1936 1917 1944 15 Yeats's political views were ____. Pro-violence Pro-British Conservative Revolutionary 16 Who was Yeats in love with throughout his life? Dorothy Shakespear Maud Gonne Constance Gore-Booth Markievicz Thomas MacDonagh 17 Complete the line: "A _____ beauty is born." Horrible Beautiful Transformed Terrible 18 For the speaker, what is the main problem with "too long a sacrifice?" It is not worth it It can kill you It is only for Christ to sacrifice It can turn the heart into a stone 19 The poem alludes to which Biblical event? Resurrection Apocalypse Baptism Fall from Paradise 20 Now that the revolutionaries have died, what is the task for those left? To idealize them To emulate them To make fun of them To remember them 21 The stream is a symbol of _______. Eternal life Repetition Sacrifice Constant change 22 “Our wingèd horse” refers to ______. Adventure Magic Life after death Poetry 23 “And a horse plashes within it” is an example of __________. Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Metonymy 24 How can the tone of the poem NOT be described? Certain Elegaic Ambivalent Mournful 25 "That is heaven's part" is an allusion to ________. The Bible Hamlet The Second Coming Paradise Lost