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by William Blake

Songs of Innocence and of Experience Quiz 1

1. What occupation was Blake's father?

  • hosier
  • farrier
  • fletcher
  • haberdasher

2. What was Blake's first published volume of poetry?

  • Poetical Sketches
  • Songs of Innocence
  • Lyrical Ballads
  • Songs of Experience

3. From where did Blake claim he received the idea for his engraving method?

  • the back of a milk carton
  • a prophetic dream
  • his deceased brother
  • a family legacy

4. To whom did Blake become an apprentice engraver?

  • William Wordsworth
  • Alexander Gilchrist
  • Geoffrey Keyes
  • James Basire

5. Whom did William Blake marry?

  • Dorothy Wordsworth
  • Emma Thompson
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Catherine Boucher

6. Where did William Blake formally study art?

  • Cambridge
  • the Royal Academy
  • Oxfort
  • University of Arts and Humanities

7. Besides poet, what was Blake's main occupation?

  • limner
  • typesetter
  • engraver
  • minister

8. To Blake, what was the primary force behind his art and poetry?

  • reason
  • tradition
  • imagination
  • theology

9. What was the title of Blake's first "prophetic book"?

  • The Book of Thel
  • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
  • Uziel
  • Songs of Experience

10. To where did Blake move when he left London?

  • Cardiff
  • Lambeth
  • Suffolk
  • Essex

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