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