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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. When the King eventually comes upon others, what guise has he taken up?
(a) That of a poor King.
(b) That of a mentally-ill King.
(c) That of a wealthy patron of the arts.
(d) That of a harmless, old wandering man.

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

3. Regarding what Blake states, how is it different from the first illuminated print?
(a) It is a long essay.
(b) It is a single statement.
(c) It is an entire short poem.
(d) It is an epic.

4. Blake, while not mimicking the classical poet _________________, is certainly carrying on the tradition of excellence in poetry.
(a) Theocritus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Callinus.
(d) Aeschylus.

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?
(a) The strength of its recent past.
(b) The ancient strength.
(c) Its current strength.
(d) Its future strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shortly, the sad and perhaps frightened, paranoid or suspicious old man is speaking of what?

2. How have Blake's works been arranged?

3. When the new people feed him, what does he claim?

4. What modern technology has been applied in order to make discovery and rediscovery of some parts of William Blake's artworks possible?

5. Describe how each illustration has been reproduced and printed?

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