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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of the year does the Man in the Marmalade Hat appear in Poem 5?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) March.
(d) May.

2. Which character calls everyone "my loves" in Poem 5?
(a) The raccoon.
(b) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(c) William Blake.
(d) The child on the roof.

3. What is the quality of the place that the reader experience during the first verse of Poem 1?
(a) Violent and turbulent.
(b) Restful and magical.
(c) Dark and foreboding.
(d) Energetic and frenetic.

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

5. Which character in Poem 2 is dressed in a mackintosh and wings?
(a) Nancy Willard.
(b) Passenger.
(c) Driver.
(d) Blake.

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

7. What character carries dishes in Poem 6?
(a) The King of Cats.
(b) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(c) William Blake.
(d) The boy.

8. Which character mentioned in Poem 7 asks the cow how it slept?
(a) The questioner.
(b) The girl.
(c) The boy.
(d) The Moon.

9. Where will the journey proposed during the Frontispiece take the traveler?
(a) To Blake's Inn.
(b) To another planet.
(c) To a library.
(d) To the other side of the globe.

10. How many couplets exist in Poem 7?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

11. What are the two objects that the Man in the Marmalade Hat carries in Poem 5?
(a) A jar of marmalade and a spoon.
(b) A bird and a jewelry box.
(c) A bucket and a mop.
(d) A box of papers and a pen.

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

13. Which character smiles in the illustration at the reader in Poem 5?
(a) The boy.
(b) The little girl.
(c) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(d) The raccoon.

14. What characters gaze out from another tower in Poem 6?
(a) Two rabbits.
(b) Two moles.
(c) Two thrushes.
(d) Two sunflowers.

15. Which character signs the dedication on the title page in the Introduction?
(a) Blake.
(b) Tyger.
(c) Miss Pratt.
(d) Nancy Willard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character do people confuse the King of Cats with during Poem 6?

2. Which character sings during Poem 6?

3. Which creature mentioned in Poem 3 speaks in italics?

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

5. Which character is afraid of the flashing lights during Poem 4?

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