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