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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which characters are mentioned in Stanza 1 of Poem 1?
(a) Children.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Angels.
(d) Guards.

2. In Poem 6, Lines 4 through 7 show similarity to what story?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Songs of Heaven.
(c) Puss n' Boots.
(d) Of Mice and Men.

3. Which character is the anchor who comforts the other characters mentioned during Poem 4?
(a) The boy.
(b) William Blake.
(c) The rabbit.
(d) The tiger.

4. In what lines of stanzas 1 and 2 of Poem 1 does the poem literally sing itself?
(a) 1, 2, and 3.
(b) 4, 5, and 6.
(c) 2, 3, and 4.
(d) 3, 4, and 5.

5. Which characters are on a visit during Poem 4?
(a) The boy and the King of Cats.
(b) William Blake's friends.
(c) The rabbit and the tiger.
(d) The sunflowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Frontispiece, which character asks if the others will come?

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

3. When the boy is homesick, what does he wish for during Poem 3?

4. What is the poetic form of Poem 4?

5. Which character mentioned in Poem 7 stands on gossamer white clouds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the little boy's appearance in the Frontispiece.

2. What is the Basilisk mentioned in Poem 6?

3. Describe Nancy Willard as a child.

4. What does the Frontispiece accomplish?

5. What is different about the dragons?

6. Describe how the cow makes the cloud into a bed in Poem 7.

7. What is unusual about the king's breakfast described in Poem 6?

8. What is the relationship between Nancy and Miss Pratt?

9. What kind of form does Poem 1 have?

10. Why is the inn so appealing to travelers?

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