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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is still snoozing during all the activity of Poem 5?
(a) The raccoon.
(b) The tiger.
(c) The boy.
(d) The hedgehog.

2. What is the object mentioned in Poem 7 that shines from above?
(a) The star.
(b) The cloud.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The weather vane.

3. What is the biggest surprise awaiting the boy inside the room in Poem 3?
(a) A bear.
(b) The loft.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A cat.

4. What are the objects being prepared in the third verse of Poem 1?
(a) Spits of meat to consume.
(b) Loaves of bread to eat.
(c) Paper for writing poetry.
(d) Featherbeds for heavenly sleep.

5. What is the rhythmic pattern of Poem 4?
(a) ABBCCA.
(b) ABCCBA.
(c) AABCCB.
(d) ABCABC.

6. Which characters mentioned during Poem 4 are busy working on another poem?
(a) The Sun and the Moon.
(b) William Blake and his assistant.
(c) The rabbit and the King of Cats.
(d) The boy and the rabbit.

7. What does the illustration for Poem 1 contain?
(a) Nancy Willard sleeping.
(b) Two dragon cooks with yellow eyes.
(c) Two angels playing with two children.
(d) Blake fighting a dragon.

8. Who is the character mentioned in Poem 6 that can kill you with a blast of breath?
(a) The King of Cats.
(b) The Basilisk.
(c) The lobster.
(d) The King of Beasts.

9. Who are the characters in Poem 1 that make snowmen?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Angels.
(c) Children.
(d) Guards.

10. What is the poetic form of Poem 3?
(a) Anapestic rhythm of a limerick.
(b) Dactylic hexameter of a sonnet.
(c) Chastushka rhythm of a sonnet.
(d) Dactylic hexameter of a limerick.

11. Who are the characters that appear in the third stanza of Poem 1?
(a) Snow.
(b) Angels.
(c) Featherbeds.
(d) Blake.

12. Where will the journey proposed during the Frontispiece take the traveler?
(a) To a library.
(b) To another planet.
(c) To Blake's Inn.
(d) To the other side of the globe.

13. Which character in Poem 2 is dressed in a mackintosh and wings?
(a) Nancy Willard.
(b) Passenger.
(c) Driver.
(d) Blake.

14. Which character signs the dedication on the title page in the Introduction?
(a) Tyger.
(b) Miss Pratt.
(c) Nancy Willard.
(d) Blake.

15. Which characters are on a visit during Poem 4?
(a) The rabbit and the tiger.
(b) William Blake's friends.
(c) The sunflowers.
(d) The boy and the King of Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy's friend tell him will be as soft as hay in Poem 3?

2. Which character do people confuse the King of Cats with during Poem 6?

3. What is the object that begins to purr when the traveler enter the car during Poem 2?

4. Which character is dressed as a sailor outfit?

5. Which character in the Frontispiece wants to know how far the journey will be?

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