Which two of the following plays were written by W. B. Yeats?
- A. The Land of Heart's Desire
- B. Time and the Conways
- C. The Silver Tassie
- D. The Countess Cathleen
- E. The Plough and the Stars
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Correct answer: B. A and D only
Explanation
Yeats wrote The Countess Cathleen (1892) and The Land of Heart's Desire (1894). Time and the Conways is Priestley's, and The Silver Tassie and The Plough and the Stars are O'Casey's.
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