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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 object mentioned in Poem 2 obligingly shrinks flat?
(a) Car.
(b) Seat.
(c) Hat.
(d) Luggage.

2. What is the poetic form of Poem 4?
(a) Romance seven.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Rime couye.
(d) Romance five.

3. What does the boy's friend tell him will be as soft as hay in Poem 3?
(a) The Marmalade Man's hat.
(b) The blanket on the floor.
(c) The bear's arms.
(d) The featherbed of the angel.

4. What is the object that the cow slept on in Poem 7?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The star.
(c) The grass.
(d) The cloud.

5. What is the object mentioned in Poem 7 that shines from above?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The cloud.
(c) The weather vane.
(d) The star.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the illustration for Poem 1 contain?

3. Who are the characters that appear in the third stanza of Poem 1?

4. Which character wakes up during Poem 4 and wants to know what the rumbling sound is?

5. In Poem 3, who should the boy be kept safe from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the dragons?

2. What aspect of the Frontispiece's story appears out of this world?

3. Why is the inn so appealing to travelers?

4. What does Blake do during Poem 2?

5. Is the boy comforted during Poem 3?

6. What does Nancy think about when she stares at the glowing stars on her ceiling?

7. What kind of journey does the boy embark upon in the Frontispiece?

8. What does Poem 7 achieve for the reader?

9. Why are the tiger and boy afraid in Poem 4?

10. Describe Nancy Willard as a child.

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