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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem 3, "A Rabbit Reveals My Room ".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nancy believe sent The Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience?
(a) Blake
(b) Tyger.
(c) Nancy Willard.
(d) Miss Pratt.

2. What is the poetic form of Poem 1, "William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced Travelers?"
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Virelai.
(c) Stanza.
(d) Haiku.

3. What does the illustration for Poem 1 contain?
(a) Two dragon cooks with yellow eyes.
(b) Blake fighting a dragon.
(c) Nancy Willard sleeping.
(d) Two angels playing with two children.

4. Which character is dressed as a sailor outfit?
(a) Boy.
(b) Marmalade Man.
(c) Air.
(d) Blake.

5. How does the Frontispiece differ from the other poems?
(a) It has metaphorical characters.
(b) It does not rhyme or follow standard scansion patterns.
(c) it involves fictional characters.
(d) It is very long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which characters are mentioned in Stanza 1 of Poem 1?

2. In the Introduction, who explains how the book was born?

3. Which character signs the dedication on the title page in the Introduction?

4. What does the boy request during Poem 3?

5. In Poem 1, what actions are the dragons responsible for?

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