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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The first argument claims what?
(a) The sensory world is the real one.
(b) The real world is a fantasy.
(c) The sensory world is a fantasy.
(d) The world as we know it does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. This begins as a ____________ the preceding summary chapter.

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

3. In this particular case, the set constituted what?

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

5. Much of the rest of this chapter is dedicated to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what is this portion devoted? Describe this portion.

2. What happens when Urizen descends? What might this represent?

3. Name four of the inscriptions found.

4. Upon what do these poems focus?

5. How does this section begin?

6. Describe the poems that are dedicated to the stage.

7. What does the author plant in the verses of the second page?

8. Describe the earlier set of etchings.

9. What does the author say about his own reputation and wealth?

10. Describe the evil ones in Blake's poetic stories.

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