The Poems of William Blake Quizzes

The Poems of William Blake Quiz 1

By Kory French · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed August 29, 2010

1 William Blake was born in?

Dublin

Glasgow

Boston

London
2 Accompanying many of Blake's poems was?

Footnotes

Explanations

Comic Books

Illustrations
3 The major event in Europe during Blake's life was?

The Protestant Reformation

World War I

The French Revolution

World War II
4 Blake started writing poetry around the age of?

25-30

10-15

65

40-45
5 Blake was writing poetry around the end of which century?

19th

18th

16th

17th
6 In "A Cradle Song," the speaker is?

A father

God

A mother

A child
7 In "A Cradle Song," the speaker is sitting?

In a bedroom

On a riverside

In church

Under a tree
8 In "A Cradle Song," the time of day is?

There is no way to tell

Evening

Noon

Morning
9 In "A Cradle Song," the speaker fears?

The demons who come in the night

The loss of innocence for her child

That her child may have nightmares

That her child will die in its sleep
10 In "Hear thy voice," the speaker is?

A lapsed soul

Earth

God

The bard
11 In "Hear thy voice," the 'ancient trees' is a reference to?

Hell

Jerusalem

Sherwood Forest

The Garden of Eden
12 In "Hear thy voice," the 'Holy Word' is a reference to?

The King

The French Revolution

The American Revolution

Religion
13 In "Hear thy voice," the Earth is returning from?

The night

The wat'ry shore

The morning

The starry floor
14 In "Love's Secret," the speaker has a feeling of?

Joy

Fear

Regret

Anticipation
15 In "Love's Secret," the speaker's advice is love is kept better as?

Gentle

Seeking

Trembling and cold

Silent and invisible
16 In "Love's Secret," the lover's reaction to the speaker is?

To tell him what's in her heart

To leave him

To embrace him

To travel
17 In "Love's Secret," Blake compares love to?

Ghastly fears

Invisibility

Traveling

Wind
18 In "Mad Song," the speaker compares his imagination to?

Eastern steeps

Rustling birds

Morning peeps

Roaring winds
19 An example of personification in "Mad Song" is?

Like a fiend in a cloud

Light doth seize

The morning peeps

The rustling birds
20 One of the overall moods of the speaker in "Mad Song" is?

Resignation

Dejection

Determination

Fear
21 In Blake poetry, daytime/nighttime represent?

Heaven/Hell

Innocence/Experience

Experience/Innocence

Hell/Heaven
22 The "Evening Star" is?

Venus

Urizen

Blake's wife Catherine

Orc
23 In "To the Evening Star," the 'star' is requested to?

Inspire the poet

Sleep in peace

Defeat the daytime

Bless the lovers
24 The oxymoronic phrase in "To the Evening Star" is?

Radiant crown

Rage wide

Speak silence

Timely sleep
25 In "To the Evening Star," the 'lion' represents?

Revolution

Experience

Rage

Innocence

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