View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character insists on cleaning the inn in Poem 5?
(a) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(b) The tiger.
(c) William Blake.
(d) The boy.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object affixed to the vehicle during Poem 2?

2. What is Blake's role in the illustration for Poem 2?

3. Which character mentioned in Poem 7 offers the cow bread and butter?

4. What does the boy request during Poem 3?

5. How does the Frontispiece differ from the other poems?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Blake enjoy the company of the Man in the Marmalade Hat in Poem 5?

2. Describe the room mentioned in Poem 3.

3. What is the Basilisk mentioned in Poem 6?

4. What is the inscription in the book of poems mentioned in the Introduction?

5. Who does the King of Cats compare himself to in Poem 6 and why?

6. What do the little children do when the Man in the Marmalade Hat arrives in Poem 5?

7. What is special about the poetic form employed in Poem 4?

8. What special features does the car described in Poem 2 have on the outside?

9. What does the Frontispiece accomplish?

10. What is below the cow in the sky in Poem 7?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 611 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample