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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At this starting point, Blake presents how many arguments?

3. 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?

4. There is an instance here of a miracle. What is this miracle?

5. The poem dedicated to Autumn has how many line stanzas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poems that are dedicated to the stage.

2. Describe this section.

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

4. Describe the earlier set of etchings.

5. How is this amended, thematically?

6. How does this section begin?

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

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

9. Upon what do these poems focus?

10. How does this section open?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blake refers to Void.

Part 1) What is Void? Describe when he refers to this.

Part 2) How does Blake attempt to explain Void in relation to female and male space? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is this related to the need to give and receive forgiveness?

Essay Topic 2

The Four Zoas focus upon a special torment.

Part 1) What are the Four Zoas? How do they focus on a special torment?

Part 2) When is this torment discussed earlier? What is the reason for bringing it up again?

Part 3) Why might this torment be significant to the author? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

William Blake writes prophecies.

Part 1) What is a prophecy? Describe his prophecies. How does his worldliness affect his prophecies?

Part 2) Why does he write prophecies? How does this reveal about him?

Part 3) What might others of his own time, as well as ours, think about his prophecies? Why?

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