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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. Part of the story line is that there is work that takes six thousand years to complete. Who participates in this?
(a) The good ones.
(b) The evil ones.
(c) Both the evil and good ones.
(d) God alone.

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

3. Blake asserts that the sign of great poetry is what?
(a) Each poem is a part of a larger entity.
(b) Each poem is complete within itself.
(c) Each poem is written in a different style.
(d) Each poem is a collaboration by various artists.

4. What does the author repeat?
(a) Certain places.
(b) Certain thematic elements.
(c) Certain thoughts.
(d) Certain names.

5. How does this work begin?
(a) With a poem by Blake.
(b) With a discussion of Blake's artwork.
(c) With a preamble by Blake.
(d) With a preamble by various scholars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Blake says there is something about the resurrection that relates to the reality of the Imagination and what else?

3. Does this theme continue throughout this sequence of images?

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

5. What word might best describe the presentation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What perception does Druidry include?

2. What is said about truth in this section?

3. How does the England of Blake's time influence his work?

4. What has been done to create this book?

5. What does Blake think of the resurrection?

6. For what does Blake clearly have hope?

7. How is this poetry akin to some of he preceding works?

8. How has William Blake made predictions about the world?

9. What two arguments does the author set forth?

10. How does Blake's writing affect the reader?

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