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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. Unlike the others, ___________________ exhibits entire poetic stanzas designed to accompany visual art.
(a) "Birth of Orc."
(b) "Freeing of Orc."
(c) "Chaining of Orc."
(d) "Killing of Orc."

2. "...any loving woman is sure to be loved [regardless of her physical form]...so beneficial and highly valued" is what?
(a) The power of woman.
(b) The desire for woman.
(c) The need for woman.
(d) The love of woman.

3. The poem dedicated to Autumn has how many line stanzas?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Urizen is where?
(a) In heaven.
(b) In a Void.
(c) In his home.
(d) In the dark fiery regions.

5. Many of the other inscriptions are captions intended to join ___________.
(a) A print.
(b) An etching.
(c) A painting.
(d) A photograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mentioned more than once?

2. What do the scholars point out about some of these writings?

3. There are how many poems under this category?

4. They are _________________ related to the copious writings involving God, Satan, Urizen, Beulah, the Furnaces and the clouds.

5. Those poems dedicated to the same star, in evening and then in morning, are only how many stanzas long?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the earlier set of etchings.

2. Describe the poems called "nights."

3. To what is this portion devoted? Describe this portion.

4. What is one way Blake goes about trying to be acknowledged as an artist?

5. Where is this theme handled? Give an example to support your response.

6. Describe this section.

7. What happens when Urizen descends? What might this represent?

8. How do these writings compare to William Blake's previous works?

9. Upon what do these poems focus?

10. How is this amended, thematically?

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