1 Who is the "O'Leary" mentioned in the poem? The mythical Irish warrior O'Leary The Irish separatist John O'Leary The eighteenth-century general William O'Leary The painter Joseph O'Leary 2 How does the speaker conceive of the relationship between Irish people today and past Irish heroes? Ireland today carries the legacy of past heroes, even those whose names are lost to history Modern Ireland would distress its historical heroes, but this is a positive thing Modern Ireland has no heroes, because their ancestors all left the country Ireland's modern middle class has betrayed the heroes of the past 3 Yeats was personally acquainted with which of the people mentioned in this poem? Emmet Tone Fitzgerald O'Leary 4 Which of the following describes the poem's tone? Dreamy Businesslike Jocular Bitter 5 What is this poem's rhyme scheme? AABBCCDD ABCDEF ABBACDDC ABBCDCD 6 What type of stanzas make up this poem? Octaves Quintains Quatrains Sestets 7 What does the word "weigh" mean in the context of this poem? Consider Measure Carry Offer input 8 What is closest to a definition of the word "delirium" as used in the poem? illness stupidity unconsciousness ecstasy 9 Who were the "wild geese"? Irish soldiers fighting in foreign armies Yeats's generation of Irish artists and writers Orphaned children growing up in Dublin The working classes of Ireland's rural counties 10 How does Yeats evoke the disjunction between past and present Irish people? By describing their respective homes and clothes By picturing various figures of Irish history touring modern Dublin By imagining them having a conversation By imagining how a single city has changed over the centuries 11 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "Was it for this"? The O sound The short I sound There is no assonance in this phrase The S sound 12 What claim is made in the poem's refrain? That O'Leary is dead but his legacy lives on That there is no need for Ireland to be independent That poets, not soldiers, will save Ireland That Romantic Ireland is dead 13 When did Robert Emmet die? In 1798, during a shootout with British forces In 1913, during a dispute over the Dublin lock-out In 1803, when he was executed for planning a rebellion In 1939, shortly before Yeats's own death 14 The phrase "maddened every mother’s son" contains which of the following? End rhyme Alliteration Synecdoche Personification 15 Which 1913 event does the poem's title refer to? The Dublin Lock-Out Bloody Sunday The Easter Rising The Spanish Flu epidemic 16 Which of the following lines contains the clearest instance of verbal irony? "They weighed so lightly what they gave" "men were born to pray and save" "little time had they to pray" "Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone" 17 In which of the poem's stanzas is the refrain somewhat altered? The fourth The third The first The sixth 18 Who is the implied addressee of the poem? Ireland's middle-class population in the twentieth century Irish soldiers O'Leary The speaker's child 19 The phrase "some woman's yellow hair" is an instance of what? Situational irony Alliteration Simile Synecdoche 20 What do Ireland's middle classes focus on, according to the speaker? Food and wine Luxurious material goods Education and travel Prayer and money 21 Who is the poem's protagonist? Fighters on behalf of Irish nationalism and independence Robert Emmet The speaker Ireland's children 22 The phrase "They have gone about the world like wind" is an instance of what device? Simile Verbal Irony Assonance Metaphor 23 What is this poem's meter? Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Anapestic trimeter Trochaic hexameter 24 Who was Edward Fitzgerald? A leader of the group known as the United Irishmen A fictional character from a James Joyce novel A friend of the poet's who died shortly before this work was written An Irish spy in the nineteenth century 25 The claim that "Romantic Ireland's dead" is an instance of what? Simile Synecdoche Metaphor Metonymy
