William Butler Yeats Quiz

1. When did William Butler Yeats get Nobel Prize for Literature?
  • Correct Answer: 1923

2. Which club did William Butler Yeats cofound?
  • Correct Answer: Rhymers’ Club

3. Which society did William Butler Yeats join?
  • Correct Answer: Theosophical Society

4. Who refused to marry William Butler Yeats in 1899?
  • Correct Answer: Maud Gonne

5. In which play Maud Gonne played the title role when it was first performed in Dublin?
  • Correct Answer: Cathleen ni Houlihan

6. Which play of William Butler Yeats was first performed in 1916?
  • Correct Answer: At the Hawk’s Well

7. When did William Butler Yeats publish The Wild Swans at Coole?
  • Correct Answer: 1917

8. For how many years was William Butler Yeats member of the Irish Senate?
  • Correct Answer: Eight

9. When did William Butler Yeats die?
  • Correct Answer: 28 January 1939

10. Where did William Butler Yeats die?
  • Correct Answer: Roquebrune

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