1 Where did the Easter Rising take place? London Dublin Sligo Belfast 2 What was Yeats's attitude towards the Easter Rising? Ambivalent Indifferent Completely supportive Strongly against 3 What did the Irish Republicans want? Unification with England Reinstatement of Gaelic as the official language An independent Ireland 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 Thomas MacDonagh Patrick Pearse Maud Gonne 7 Whose "sweet voice" turned "shrill"? John MacBridge Patrick Pearse Constance Gore-Booth Markievicz Maud Gonne 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 inability to love The heart of the revolutionary God The weapons used during the Easter Rising 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 may grant Ireland independence England will abandon its colonies throughout the world England will stop taxing Ireland 12 Death is compared to what in the poem? Nightmare Stone Sleep Birth 13 Green is a symbol for ____? Change Ireland Guerrilla war Nature 14 The poem is about events in 1916, but when did Yeats first publish it in a book? 1944 1936 1917 1921 15 Yeats's political views were ____. Revolutionary Conservative Pro-violence Pro-British 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." Transformed Beautiful Horrible Terrible 18 For the speaker, what is the main problem with "too long a sacrifice?" It can kill you It is not worth it It is only for Christ to sacrifice It can turn the heart into a stone 19 The poem alludes to which Biblical event? Baptism Resurrection Fall from Paradise Apocalypse 20 Now that the revolutionaries have died, what is the task for those left? To make fun of them To remember them To idealize them To emulate them 21 The stream is a symbol of _______. Eternal life Constant change Repetition Sacrifice 22 “Our wingèd horse” refers to ______. Life after death Adventure Poetry Magic 23 “And a horse plashes within it” is an example of __________. Metonymy Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification 24 How can the tone of the poem NOT be described? Elegaic Certain Mournful Ambivalent 25 "That is heaven's part" is an allusion to ________. The Bible Paradise Lost Hamlet The Second Coming
