The Circus Animals' Desertion Quiz
1.
1
Which is not a characteristic of the carnivalesque?
ORDER
TRANSGRESSION
PERFORMANCE
EPHEMERALITY
2.
2
What was Yeats's first published work (outside of magazines)?
THE SECOND COMING
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
THE FAERIE QUEENE
THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN
3.
3
What mythological land does this poem reference?
OISIN
FAERIE
THE UPSIDE DOWN
NARNIA
4.
4
What is the speaker searching for in vain?
HOME
A THEME
A QUEST
LOVE
5.
5
Which is not one of the enchanted islands?
VAIN REPOSE
VAIN GAIETY
VAIN BATTLE
VAIN ROMANCE
6.
6
Which does not take the speaker's love?
THE PAINTED STAGE
THE IRISH LANDSCAPE
THE DREAM
THE FAIRY BRIDE
7.
7
Which of these characters was Yeats' own creation?
CUCHULAIN
OISIN
THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN
THE FOOL
8.
8
The Fool and the Blind Man are from what?
HELENA BLAVATSKY'S OCCULTISM
YEATS' IMAGINATION
CHRISTIANITY
TAROT
9.
9
What does "burnished" mean?
RUSTY
GILDED
BURNT
POLISHED
10.
10
Which is not a central theme of "The Circus Animals' Desertion"?
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