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