1 Where did the Easter Rising take place? Dublin Belfast Sligo London 2 What was Yeats's attitude towards the Easter Rising? Ambivalent Completely supportive Strongly against Indifferent 3 What did the Irish Republicans want? An independent Ireland Reinstatement of Gaelic as the official language Unification with England A Protestant Northern Ireland 4 Before the Easter Rising, what was the speaker's relationship with the rebels? He supported them financially He made fun of them He despised all of them equally They worked at the same offices 5 According to them poem, what has "excess of love" done to the rebels? Bewildered them Fooled them Killed them Weakened them 6 “He had done most bitter wrong/To some who are near my heart.” To whom do these lines refer? Patrick Pearse John MacBridge Thomas MacDonagh Maud Gonne 7 Whose "sweet voice" turned "shrill"? John MacBridge Patrick Pearse Maud Gonne Constance Gore-Booth Markievicz 8 What does the use of "motley" show in the poem? The speaker thinks that everything is confused The speaker thinks everyone was slightly ridiculous The speaker thinks that everything was bright and beautiful The speaker thinks that there is no hope 9 The "stone" is a metaphor for what? The heart of the revolutionary The inability to love The weapons used during the Easter Rising God 10 Which is NOT given as an example of "change" in the poem? Stone Horse Cloud Stream 11 What does the line “England may keep faith" mean? England will stop taxing Ireland England may grant Ireland independence England will return to Catholicism England will abandon its colonies throughout the world 12 Death is compared to what in the poem? Sleep Birth Stone Nightmare 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? 1921 1917 1944 1936 15 Yeats's political views were ____. Revolutionary Pro-British Pro-violence Conservative 16 Who was Yeats in love with throughout his life? Thomas MacDonagh Dorothy Shakespear Constance Gore-Booth Markievicz Maud Gonne 17 Complete the line: "A _____ beauty is born." Transformed Beautiful Terrible Horrible 18 For the speaker, what is the main problem with "too long a sacrifice?" It can kill you It is only for Christ to sacrifice It can turn the heart into a stone It is not worth it 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 idealize them To make fun of them To emulate them To remember them 21 The stream is a symbol of _______. Repetition Sacrifice Eternal life Constant change 22 “Our wingèd horse” refers to ______. Life after death Adventure Poetry Magic 23 “And a horse plashes within it” is an example of __________. Personification Metonymy Onomatopoeia Metaphor 24 How can the tone of the poem NOT be described? Ambivalent Elegaic Certain Mournful 25 "That is heaven's part" is an allusion to ________. Paradise Lost The Second Coming The Bible Hamlet