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? Modern Ireland has no heroes, because their ancestors all left the country 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 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? Emmet Fitzgerald O'Leary Tone 4 Which of the following describes the poem's tone? Dreamy Businesslike Bitter Jocular 5 What is this poem's rhyme scheme? AABBCCDD ABBACDDC ABCDEF ABBCDCD 6 What type of stanzas make up this poem? Sestets Quatrains Octaves Quintains 7 What does the word "weigh" mean in the context of this poem? Offer input Measure Consider Carry 8 What is closest to a definition of the word "delirium" as used in the poem? stupidity unconsciousness illness 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 imagining them having a conversation By describing their respective homes and clothes By imagining how a single city has changed over the centuries By picturing various figures of Irish history touring modern Dublin 11 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "Was it for this"? There is no assonance in this phrase The S sound The short I sound The O sound 12 What claim is made in the poem's refrain? That O'Leary is dead but his legacy lives on That poets, not soldiers, will save Ireland That Romantic Ireland is dead That there is no need for Ireland to be independent 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 1939, shortly before Yeats's own death In 1803, when he was executed for planning a rebellion 14 The phrase "maddened every mother’s son" contains which of the following? Alliteration End rhyme Personification Synecdoche 15 Which 1913 event does the poem's title refer to? Bloody Sunday The Spanish Flu epidemic The Easter Rising The Dublin Lock-Out 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" "Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone" "little time had they to pray" 17 In which of the poem's stanzas is the refrain somewhat altered? The first The sixth The fourth The third 18 Who is the implied addressee of the poem? Ireland's middle-class population in the twentieth century Irish soldiers The speaker's child O'Leary 19 The phrase "some woman's yellow hair" is an instance of what? Synecdoche Situational irony Simile Alliteration 20 What do Ireland's middle classes focus on, according to the speaker? Luxurious material goods Food and wine Prayer and money Education and travel 21 Who is the poem's protagonist? Robert Emmet Ireland's children The speaker 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? Verbal Irony Assonance Simile Metaphor 23 What is this poem's meter? Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Trochaic hexameter Anapestic trimeter 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 fictional character from a James Joyce novel A leader of the group known as the United Irishmen 25 The claim that "Romantic Ireland's dead" is an instance of what? Metaphor Metonymy Simile Synecdoche