Macbeth
Paula Meehan
W.B. Yeats
Elizabeth Bishop
Seamus Heaney
100

What country is the play set in?

Scotland

100

Who commissioned the poem 'Prayer for the Children of Longing'?

Community of Dublin's North Inner City

100

What poem acts as an elegy as Yeats takes back what he said about Irish patriotism?

Easter 1916

100

How many medals were hanging from the jaw of the fish in 'The Fish'?

5

100

Where in Ireland is Heaney from?

Derry

200

Who is Duncan’s eldest son?

Malcolm

200

In what county can you find Granard?

Longford

200
How many swans does Yeats count at Coole?

59

200
In what state was Bishop born in America?

Massachusetts

200

Who is Sunlight dedicated to? (full name)

Mary Heaney (Aunt)

300

Which nobleman eventually kills Macbeth?

Macduff

300

'Trees _______ in agony'

Cavort

300

What town in Dublin is Yeats from?

Sandymount
300

What childlike story does Bishop refer to in 'First Death in Nova Scotia?

Jack Frost

300

What is Heaney left listening to in 'A Call' when his mother leaves to get his father?

Hall Clocks

400

What is the name of Macbeth’s final castle/fortress?

Dunsinane

400

To whom does Meehan dedicate 'My Father Perceived as a Vision of St Francis' to?

Brendan Kennelly

400

Name the three United Irishmen mentioned in 'September 1913' (all or nothing)

Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone

400

Who did Bishop go to the dentist with in the poem 'In the Waiting Room'? (all or nothing)

Aunt Consuelo

400

What is compared to the 'domesday' book in 'A Constable Calls'?

The ledger the constable carries

500

What unnatural event occurs with Duncan’s horses after his murder?

Cannibalism

500

Quote exactly what Meehan's primary school teacher said to her in 'The Exact Moment I Became a Poet'.

'Attend __ ____ _____, ____, __ ____ __ _____, _____ ___ __ __ ___ ______ ______

Attend to your books, girls, or mark my words, you'll end up in the sewing factory.
500

'An Irish Airman Foresees his Death' is written from the perspective of who? (his name)

Robert Gregory

500

What six words are repeated in the poem 'Sestina'?

House, grandmother, child, Stove, almanac and tears

500

Name the three stories Heaney alludes to in 'The Underground' (all or nothing)

1)Pan and Syrinx, 2)Orpheus and Eurydice and 3)Hansel and Gretel