The Second Coming Yeats

What does Yeats allude to in “The Second Coming”?

• The pagan notion of an afterlife that is wholly different from life on earth.

• The Christian notion of an apocalypse that involves the return of a Messiah or Savior

• The Jewish notion of a single God who delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

• The ancient Greek notion of many gods who treat human beings as pawns.

What mythological figure is described in lines 11–22 of “The Second Coming”?

• A Phoenix

• A Centaur

• A Sphinx

• A Gorgon

In “The Second Coming,” the third-person speaker has a distinctly ________.

• pessimistic view of the future

• apathetic opinion of the present

• distorted understanding of history

• fearful opinion of other people

In “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death,” the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by ________.

• A personal desire for adventure

• a fervent belief that winning the war will benefit his countrymen

• a vicious hatred for the enemy

• old-fashioned or traditional ideas about duty and sacrifice

The speaker in “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” describes both the past and the future as a ________.

• “blood-dimmed tide”

• “stain on the present”

• "waste of breath"

• “lonely impulse of delight”