Easter, 1916 Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Easter, 1916? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Based on stanza one, Yeats tends to think of his interactions with normal Dubliners as


Superficial
Deep
Profound
Informative
Q. Based on stanza two, Yeats thinks that a woman getting involved in politics


Ruins her femininity
Makes her more powerful
Is admirable
Is the only way the world can move forward
Q. No matter what, Yeats thinks of the Irish fighters' passion as


Unchanging
Fickle
Misguided
Wise
Q. According to Yeats, "Too long a sacrifice" makes the heart


Cold and hard
Mushy and soft
More powerful
Truer
Q. When Yeats talks about nightfall in the final stanza, he's talking about


The end of Easter Sunday
The close of the business day
death
human dignity