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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem 1, "William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced Travelers".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Nancy Willard's role that gives her insight into the poetic form of Poem 1?
(a) A dreamer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A professor of literature.
(d) A student.

3. What is the traveler carrying?
(a) A book of poems and an umbrella.
(b) A journal and a magic box.
(c) The Milky Way.
(d) A hatbox and suitcase.

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

5. What is pasted on the ceiling of the room mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Stars.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the illustration for Poem 1 contain?

2. What is the quality of the place that the reader experience during the first verse of Poem 1?

3. The Frontispiece creates this tone for the remaining poems.

4. In what lines of stanzas 1 and 2 of Poem 1 does the poem literally sing itself?

5. Who does Nancy believe sent The Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience?

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