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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author plants _____________ truths into the verses of the second page.
(a) Unique.
(b) Simple.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Interesting.

2. After those are a string of further poems that seem designed how?
(a) To explain the previous poems.
(b) To support the previous poems.
(c) To support one another.
(d) To be taken on their own.

3. The author then moves on to extol the virtues of what kind of love?
(a) Old love.
(b) New love.
(c) Parental love.
(d) Married love.

4. There is more than one subgroup of the author's writings being brought together into this summary chapter, including a set of how many poems?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

5. Does there seem to be the depth of rhyme or reason for the specific sequence of pictures or phrases that turn out to be lines to a coherent poem?
(a) Yes, at first.
(b) No, not at all.
(c) No, not at first glance.
(d) Yes.

6. This is amended, thematically, shortly thereafter with, "Thus Urizen spoke collected himself in awful pride / space / Art though visionary of Jesus the soft delusion of Eternity / Lo I am __________________________________." (p. 307).
(a) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(b) God the Father and not the destroyer.
(c) God the Almighty and the Father of our Savior, Lord Jesus Christ.
(d) God the terrible destroyer and not the Savior.

7. At this starting point, Blake presents how many arguments?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. Blake takes readers to this spiritual space that somehow defies normal comprehension by giving what impression?
(a) It exists somewhere on Earth.
(b) It is a unique and fantasy world.
(c) It does not exists.
(d) It both exists and does not exist at the same time.

9. This theme is handled during what?
(a) The first few poems.
(b) The first poem.
(c) The Four Zoas.
(d) The last poem.

10. This set of writings is listed in the Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake under Roman numeral ____.
(a) IV.
(b) X.
(c) IX.
(d) V.

11. How are the poems labeled in their sequence?
(a) As nights.
(b) As mornings.
(c) As evenings.
(d) As days.

12. As noted above there are those which are poems designed to accompany what?
(a) His acrylic paintings.
(b) His water colors.
(c) His statues.
(d) His oil paintings.

13. There are how many poems under this category?
(a) Fifty-two.
(b) Sixty-two.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Thirty-two.

14. Some of them do add up to make poems, such as those under what?
(a) "Elena."
(b) "Effigy."
(c) "Elegy."
(d) "Eloise."

15. After this charming piece, there comes another set of poems. These ones are called what?
(a) Love Songs.
(b) Love and Ballads.
(c) Songs and Ballads.
(d) Famous Ballads.

Short Answer Questions

1. "She drave the Females away from Los / and ____________________________." (p. 305).

2. After the Mad Song, there are two simply called what?

3. What is another recurring image?

4. Here again there are many what?

5. There are individual stanzas that are how many lines long or longer?

(see the answer keys)

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