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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 6, what does the main character's breakfast consist of?

2. What is the traveler carrying?

3. What is accomplished by removing capitals and having simple, exact rhymes in Poem 2?

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

5. What character smiles in the sky in Poem 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the boy comforted during Poem 3?

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

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

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

5. What does Blake do during Poem 2?

6. What are the dangers outside the inn mentioned in Poem 3?

7. Describe the driver mentioned in Poem 2.

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

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

10. What does the Frontispiece accomplish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of taking a spiritual journey versus just a physical one? How does this affect the boy in particular?

Part 1) What is the difference in the journeys of the boy versus the Rat?

Part 2) Describe the boy's experience at the end and how it varies greatly from his arrival. What new friends has he made? What fears has he conquered?

Part 3) Of all the travelers, who gains the most knowledge and understanding from this adventure? Why?

Essay Topic 2

As a metaphorical character, the Man in the Marmalade Hat is quite appealing. Choose one of the 3 options below to write about.

1) What are some actions or behaviors that he performs that are of greater significance?

2) How does he appeal to the other characters? What emotions does he evoke in them?

3) How does the Man in the Marmalade Hat reveal that he is a peacemaker?

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character that the boy initially fears but then grows to like and become familiar with. How does their relationship evolve?

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