William Butler Yeats Quiz

When was William Butler Yeats born?

• 1885

• 1895

• 1865

• 1875

Where was Yeats born?

• London

• Sligo

• Dublin

• Galway

What was Yeats' father's profession?

• Writer

• Artist

• Merchant

• Politician

What movement was Yeats a central figure in?

• Irish Literary Revival

• Gaelic League

• Irish Republican Brotherhood

• Celtic Twilight

What was the nickname for the Irish Literary Revival?

• The Literary Awakening

• The Irish Renaissance

• The Gaelic Revival

• The Celtic Twilight

Who did Yeats collaborate with to establish the Abbey Theatre?

• Oscar Wilde

• James Joyce

• George Bernard Shaw

• Lady Gregory

What was Yeats' stance on the use of violence in politics?

• He supported it

• He was indifferent

• He disliked it

• He led violent movements

Which event inspired Yeats' famous line 'A terrible beauty is born'?

• War of Independence

• World War I

• Easter Rising

• Civil War

In what year did Yeats win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

• 1933

• 1953

• 1923

• 1943

Where did Yeats die?

• Ireland

• England

• France

• United States