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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is meant by faculties?
(a) The abilities of a group of people.
(b) Those who teach in an educational system.
(c) The operations of the mind.
(d) Those who work in a facility.

2. There is a small amount of commentary accompanying these. The first is about whose poetry?
(a) Herodotus'.
(b) Aristophanes'.
(c) Mimnermus'.
(d) Homer's.

3. Blake delves into the difference between Christ's resurrected body of spirit and what?
(a) The generative and vegetative world.
(b) The underworld.
(c) The heavens.
(d) The natural world.

4. To what classic Renaissance poet are two of Blake's book related?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Milton.

5. Prior to the entire group there is a short poem that does what?
(a) Extols the virtues of mutual interests.
(b) Extols the virtues of mutual love.
(c) Extols the virtues of mutual compassion.
(d) Extols the virtues of mutual forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The King calls his sons before the palace in his sorrow. Why might be the reason for him quickly turning darker and more symbolic?

2. This theme is handled during what?

3. The author uses numerous references to what at this time?

4. The poem Fair Elenor functions as a segue into the ones entitled ___________.

5. Part of the story line is that there is work that takes six thousand years to complete. Who participates in this?

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