In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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In what year did Yeats compose this elegy for Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz?
In what year did Yeats compose this elegy for Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz?
1927
What is the name of the Gore-Booth family estate where Yeats recalls the sisters in their youth?
What is the name of the Gore-Booth family estate where Yeats recalls the sisters in their youth?
Lissadell House
According to the poem, what do 'the innocent and the beautiful' have as their only enemy?
According to the poem, what do 'the innocent and the beautiful' have as their only enemy?
Time
In the seasonal symbolism, what does summer represent?
In the seasonal symbolism, what does summer represent?
Youth, beauty & idealism
What poetic technique describes the poem's mournful and reflective atmosphere?
What poetic technique describes the poem's mournful and reflective atmosphere?
Elegiac tone
How are the two sisters described in the opening stanza?
How are the two sisters described in the opening stanza?
In silk kimonos, one a gazelle
Which historical event led to Markievicz being condemned to death (later pardoned)?
Which historical event led to Markievicz being condemned to death (later pardoned)?
The 1916 Easter Rising
How does Yeats describe Markievicz's later years?
How does Yeats describe Markievicz's later years?
Conspiring among the ignorant
What does Yeats identify as the central enemy in the poem?
What does Yeats identify as the central enemy in the poem?
Time itself
What metaphor describes how time destroys youth?
What metaphor describes how time destroys youth?
A raving autumn shears summer blossom
What rhetorical question in Stanza 3 expresses Yeats's skepticism about political change?
What rhetorical question in Stanza 3 expresses Yeats's skepticism about political change?
What's the use if the world hasn't changed in heart?
Which image in the final stanza represents fragility and destruction?
Which image in the final stanza represents fragility and destruction?
Dry sticks that break in the hand