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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. There is more than one subgroup of the author's writings being brought together into this summary chapter, including a set of how many poems?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

2. What do the scholars point out about some of these writings?
(a) They are not as good as other works by Blake.
(b) They have been a little difficult to acquire.
(c) They are some of his last works.
(d) They are some of his older works.

3. With respect to William Blake's ____________, there were at least two kinds.
(a) Epics.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Painting.

4. What kind of catalog does Blake create?
(a) His own tool catalog.
(b) His owning clothing catalog.
(c) His own exhibition catalog.
(d) His own book catalog.

5. What is "I was buried near this Dike / that my friends may weep as much as they like"?
(a) A line from a short story.
(b) An epitaph.
(c) A line from a love poem.
(d) A portion of an epic tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. This portion is devoted to what?

2. Urizen is where?

3. Why have the inscriptions been included?

4. What are included in this section?

5. Do these inscriptions fall into the same pattern wherein a group of them adds up to make a poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poems called "nights."

2. What other kind of painting did Blake create?

3. Describe the earlier set of etchings.

4. How is this amended, thematically?

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

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

7. What does the author plant in the verses of the second page?

8. What does the author say about his own reputation and wealth?

9. What is one kind of painting Blake created?

10. Name four of the inscriptions found.

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