1. Yeats played a role in establishing which theatre in 1903?

   1. Royal Court, London

   2. Abbey, Dublin

   3. West Yorkshire Playhouse

2. Yeats created the part of Cathleen ni Houlihan in the play of the same name for which Irish actress?

   1. Eliza O'Neill

   2. Maureen O'Hara

   3. Maud Gonne

3. Which Yeats play involves magic, a monk and prison suicide?

   1. Mosada

   2. The Land of Heart's Desire

   3. The Player Queen

4. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well was particularly inspired by which style of Japanese theatre?

   1. Noh

   2. Kabuki

   3. Shingeki

5. The plot of Yeats's one-act play Words Upon the Window Pane summons up the ghost of which other Irish writer?

   1. Jonathan Swift

   2. Oliver Goldsmith

   3. James Joyce

6. Who played that writer in a 1994 film of the play?

   1. Jim Sheridan

   2. Daniel Day-Lewis

   3. Colin Farrell

7. How many plays did Yeats write?

   1. Six

   2. 16

   3. 26

8. Yeats discovered and championed fellow Irish playwright JM Synge. What is the name of Synge's best-known work?

   1. Playboy of the North

   2. Playboy of the Far East

   3. Playboy of the Western World

9. Which phrase from the Yeats poem The Circus Animal's Desertion became the name of a play by the young American writer Noah Haidle?

   1. Lion and Woman and the Lord Knows What

   2. Brought Forth a Dream

   3. Rag and Bone

10. What does Yeats's “WB” stand for?

    1. William Butler

    2. Wesley Benson

    3. Wilson Barker

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:A, 4:A, 5:A, 6:A, 7:C, 8:C, 9:C, 10:A

Scores

1. 0 and above.

   Things fell apart, eh?

2. 4 and above.

   No luck of the Irish for you

3. 7 and above.

   You're a Yeats great