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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Poetical Sketches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The artist has combined a strong technical accuracy with what?
(a) A sense of drama.
(b) An ability to entice readers.
(c) An artistic quality.
(d) A sense of style.

2. How does the story open?
(a) When the King is mourning the death of his wife.
(b) When the King is mourning the dispicable behavior of his wife.
(c) When the King is mourning the disappearance of his wife.
(d) When the King is mourning his wife who is dying.

3. Part of the story line is that there is work that takes six thousand years to complete. Who participates in this?
(a) God alone.
(b) The good ones.
(c) The evil ones.
(d) Both the evil and good ones.

4. The poem dedicated to Autumn has how many line stanzas?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. The increasing power of England in the modern world readily overshadows what earthly city's might?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is an entirely _____________ creative work by the author and include his visual art (he both draws and etches).

2. Blake takes readers to this spiritual space that somehow defies normal comprehension by giving what impression?

3. To what classic Renaissance poet are two of Blake's book related?

4. How are the poems labeled in their sequence?

5. They are _________________ related to the copious writings involving God, Satan, Urizen, Beulah, the Furnaces and the clouds.

(see the answer key)

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