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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. Those poems dedicated to the same star, in evening and then in morning, are only how many stanzas long?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. What modern technology has been applied in order to make discovery and rediscovery of some parts of William Blake's artworks possible?
(a) MRI.
(b) Carbon dating.
(c) Cat scan.
(d) Infra-red photography.

3. Blake says there is something about the resurrection that relates to the reality of the Imagination and what else?
(a) The mind as spirit.
(b) The body as an entity.
(c) The body as spirit.
(d) The mind as a being.

4. What does the author repeat?
(a) Certain places.
(b) Certain names.
(c) Certain thematic elements.
(d) Certain thoughts.

5. The poetry is akin to some of his preceding works in what way?
(a) He has written a story in thick lines of perfectly metered poetic verse.
(b) The characters within the poetry are reminscent of previously-discussed characters.
(c) The subject matter is the same.
(d) He has written lines of poetry in a style all his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting?

2. To whom does Blake often cry?

3. Why is the answer to Number 95 happening?

4. This first prophecy features what?

5. Prior to the entire group there is a short poem that does what?

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