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