W.B. Yeats

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

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

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

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 Rose of the World The Lake Isle of Innisfree The Sorrow of Love 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... The Rose and the Swan Leda and the Swan Among School Children Sailing to Byzantium