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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are individual stanzas that are how many lines long or longer?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 35.
(d) 65.

2. The poems include one titled ____________.
(a) To Mother.
(b) To Love.
(c) To Hope.
(d) To Spring.

3. Here the verses continue with their what?
(a) Pentameters.
(b) Decimeters.
(c) Hexameters.
(d) Heptameters.

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

5. What does this statement in number 151 do?
(a) It scares us.
(b) It takes us back to the very beginning of the entire compilation.
(c) It surprises us.
(d) It worries us.

6. How will those intently interested in the details of this part of his work feel about having been included?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Angry.

7. By the 9th chapter, what is happening?
(a) The auction has ended.
(b) The battle has ended.
(c) The small group of men are moving intentionally towards going and getting drunk together.
(d) The argument has escalated.

8. What is "I was buried near this Dike / that my friends may weep as much as they like"?
(a) A line from a love poem.
(b) A line from a short story.
(c) A portion of an epic tale.
(d) An epitaph.

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

10. It is followed by another story--- this one is about a man called _____________, King of Norway.
(a) Lars.
(b) Gwin.
(c) Adriel.
(d) Kai.

11. How many of these poems taken on their own or in the small groups are sufficient to constitute an entire epic?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

12. What do the scholars point out about some of these writings?
(a) They are some of his older works.
(b) They have been a little difficult to acquire.
(c) They are some of his last works.
(d) They are not as good as other works by Blake.

13. Blake also made what that he hoped to sell as art?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Sculptures.
(c) Prints.
(d) Photographs.

14. After the Mad Song, there are two simply called what?
(a) Dance.
(b) Love.
(c) Song.
(d) Faith.

15. These inscriptions are captions intended to join this art form for what reason?
(a) As a simple description of the work.
(b) As a teaching tool.
(c) As art on its own.
(d) As part of an illustrated or illustrative work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Urizen is where?

2. The divine realm and the mind are united in and by what?

3. Blake earned a good portion of his living by what?

4. What is considered significant during these parts of Blake's writing?

5. During this part of the story Urizen does what?

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