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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. After this charming piece, there comes another set of poems. These ones are called what?
(a) Love and Ballads.
(b) Love Songs.
(c) Famous Ballads.
(d) Songs and Ballads.

2. Describe the stanzas of the first of these.
(a) Overdone.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Ornate.
(d) Simplistic.

3. There are individual stanzas that are how many lines long or longer?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 65.
(d) 35.

4. How will those intently interested in the details of this part of his work feel about having been included?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Grateful.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are mentioned more than once?

3. By the 9th chapter, what is happening?

4. Of what are these made?

5. This set of writings is listed in the Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake under Roman numeral ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does this section begin?

3. What does Blake say about marriage in this section? Give an example from the text to support your response.

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

5. What is one example of Blake's beliefs being discussed into greater detail in this section?

6. How is this section miraculous?

7. How is this amended, thematically?

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

9. Give an example of an epitaph from this section.

10. Name four of the inscriptions found.

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