W.B. Yeats

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1. In which city was William Butler Yeats born? Dublin Sligo London Paris

2. Which of these institutions was Yeats a co-founder of? International Association of Oddfellows Theosophist's Club Irish Literary Society Rhymer's Club

3. An easy one. This Irish nationalist captured his heart, but she persistently refused to marry him. Maud Gonne Fay Reznick Lady Gregory Mary Shelly

4. Name the poem that opens with these lines: Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? For these red lips, with all their mournful pride, Mournful that no new wonder may betide, Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam, And Usna's children died. The Sorrow of Love The Rose of the World The Lake Isle of Innisfree When You Are Old

5. Again, name the poem which begins with these lines; A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in its bill... Leda and the Swan Among School Children The Rose and the Swan Sailing to Byzantium