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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. Which character in the Introduction says, "Lights off. I'm going downstairs"?
(a) Blake.
(b) Miss Pratt.
(c) Tyger.
(d) Nancy Willard.

2. How many verses does Poem 1 contain and what is the rhyming pattern?
(a) Three verses with iambic quadrameter.
(b) Four verses with iambic quadrameter.
(c) Four verses with iambic pentameter.
(d) Three verses with iambic pentameter.

3. Which character in the Frontispiece wants to know how far the journey will be?
(a) Marmalade Man.
(b) Moon.
(c) Star.
(d) Boy.

4. In the Frontispiece, which character asks if the others will come?
(a) Star.
(b) Moon.
(c) Boy.
(d) Sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where will the journey proposed during the Frontispiece take the traveler?

3. Which character mentioned during the Introduction died two hundred years ago?

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

5. Which character in the Introduction wonders what is real and what is not when staring at the ceiling?

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