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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Book 1 : Chapter 4, Jerusalem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what is knowledge derived?
(a) Experimentation and experience.
(b) Parents and the community.
(c) School and instructors.
(d) Family and friends.

2. How does the author share his worldliness?
(a) Through his pamphlets.
(b) Through his art.
(c) Through his speeches.
(d) Through his plays.

3. How can readers uninterested in Blake's spiritual vision enjoy it as pure literature?
(a) Due to his vivid images.
(b) Due to his popularity.
(c) Due to his descriptions of characters.
(d) Due to his exciting subject matter.

4. What do these books perpetuate?
(a) Blake's new and radical ideas.
(b) The beliefs of most Englishmen.
(c) The ideas of many at this time in history.
(d) The ideas and theme that have been introduced in the preceding sections.

5. This lore includes the perception that in a healthy Albion, with the Bards, Druids and mighty oak groves, the power is far greater than that strange, foreign land that harbors what city?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Budapest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Blake was a _________________ by profession.

2. In Blake's mentions of other lands, what land does that include?

3. This first prophecy features what?

4. The increasing power of England in the modern world readily overshadows what earthly city's might?

5. England was quite strong as a nation during Blake's lifetime and only became more so before it waned. However, Blake chooses to employ what aspect of the country as well?

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